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https://www.wkbn.com/mostpopular/story/Baby-Taken-After-Mom-Eats-Bagel/OhvLyWdMv0ytIACx7vGE1w.cspx
A New Castle woman has her newborn taken away from her because of her choice in bagels.
Liz Mort got a knock on the door three days after bringing her daughter Isabella home from Jameson Memorial Hospital. Welfare workers took the child, telling Liz she had failed a drug test.
"Someone saying oh we're CYS and we found something in your system and at that time I had never even heard of it before and they said we have to take custody of your child," Mort said. "I said, 'What? What are you talking about?'"
Mort said she discovered that she had tested positive for drugs, but that made absolutely no sense to her. She had eaten a poppyseed bagel, which she later learned can lead you to test positive for heroine.
Her doctor helped her figure out the everything bagel she ate hours before giving birth could explain the positive result. Dr. Neil Capretto from Gateway Rehabilitation Center is not involved in the case, but was asked if the poppy seeds found on the bagel could be responsible.
"The short answer is yes, opium comes from the poppy plan," Capretto said. "Ingesting poppy seeds can cause levels of morphine and codeine in a persons urine."
The American Civil Liberties Union is representing Mort.
"We definitely have concerns over both the hospital's policy of automatically testing all women who come in to give birth and also they're using really low cut off amounts," said Sara Rose, ACLU Representative.
"Generally a skilled medical review officer can tell the difference between street drug use and poppyseed drug use, but sometime it's a little fuzzy," Capretto added.
Mort regained custody of her daughter five days after passing another drug test. Jameson hospital is now comparing its procedures to other hospitals.
"I understand they were doing that they had to do to protect children, but they should have investigated it more," Mort said. "I have to drive by that place every time I go to work and I just cry half the time."
A New Castle woman has her newborn taken away from her because of her choice in bagels.
Liz Mort got a knock on the door three days after bringing her daughter Isabella home from Jameson Memorial Hospital. Welfare workers took the child, telling Liz she had failed a drug test.
"Someone saying oh we're CYS and we found something in your system and at that time I had never even heard of it before and they said we have to take custody of your child," Mort said. "I said, 'What? What are you talking about?'"
Mort said she discovered that she had tested positive for drugs, but that made absolutely no sense to her. She had eaten a poppyseed bagel, which she later learned can lead you to test positive for heroine.
Her doctor helped her figure out the everything bagel she ate hours before giving birth could explain the positive result. Dr. Neil Capretto from Gateway Rehabilitation Center is not involved in the case, but was asked if the poppy seeds found on the bagel could be responsible.
"The short answer is yes, opium comes from the poppy plan," Capretto said. "Ingesting poppy seeds can cause levels of morphine and codeine in a persons urine."
The American Civil Liberties Union is representing Mort.
"We definitely have concerns over both the hospital's policy of automatically testing all women who come in to give birth and also they're using really low cut off amounts," said Sara Rose, ACLU Representative.
"Generally a skilled medical review officer can tell the difference between street drug use and poppyseed drug use, but sometime it's a little fuzzy," Capretto added.
Mort regained custody of her daughter five days after passing another drug test. Jameson hospital is now comparing its procedures to other hospitals.
"I understand they were doing that they had to do to protect children, but they should have investigated it more," Mort said. "I have to drive by that place every time I go to work and I just cry half the time."
I'm sorry but that's a load of crap! xxx
