The first time I heard about the way Jodie Ferris was treated by a hospital, social worker, and police on the day she gave birth, I was absolutely livid. We cannot let these kinds of invasions of parental rights go unchallenged.
I am not content to sit on the sidelines while the government gradually usurps the very essence of parental rights. I hope you share my determination. We need to stand with people like Scott and Jodi Ferris (obviously no relation to someone named Farris). Here’s their story:
Jodi went into labor a bit earlier than she had expected—and the baby was coming rapidly. Given their location and other factors, the midwife they had hoped would deliver the baby at their home encouraged them to get in an ambulance and head to the hospital.
Their baby, whom I will call “Annie,” was born in the ambulance in the parking lot of the Hershey Medical Center—a government hospital in Pennsylvania. Hospital personnel arrived very quickly and took charge of both baby and mom.
As any mother would do, Jodi immediately began to ask the nurses and attendants how her baby was doing. The hospital staff was utterly unresponsive. When they started to give Jodi an injection, she asked what it was and what it was for. They gave her vague answers like, “It’s just to help.” Only after giving her the injection of oxytocin did they tell her what it was and then asked, “You aren’t allergic to that are you?”
Jodi persisted in asking about Annie. No one would tell her anything other than “she’s in good hands and you’ll be able to see her soon.”
I hate to say it, but this is more of a condemnation of society, and individually, of mothers and fathers, that would allow a stranger to just walk off with their child.
ReplyDeletewow. that's insane.
ReplyDeleteThe inmates are in charge of the asylum.
ReplyDeleteSOMETHING is missing from this story. Not sure what, but...
ReplyDeleteSOMETHING.
It just doesn't seem to add up...