AboutLaws in Minnesota seem to lean toward protecting mothers while they abuse drugs and harm their unborn child.Minnesota has Laws in place to charge the Mother with child abuse,But from my personal experienceIt does not seem to get done.To civilly commit a Mother is a policy in Minnesota But there againI have tried to see why that is failed to get done also,You can place a Mother on hold if she test positive for narcotics while she is pregnant,But there again I have fought to wonder why theselaws and policies are not enforced. In Minnesota Health Care professionals are required to report this kind of drug abuse to the welfare system ,if the Mother And child test positive.After The Welfare system is involved they take the child into protective custody and can terminate your parental rights ,But although I have seen the welfare system work,they have never attempted to commit or charge the Mother with child abuse,or even child endangerment.The Laws Should be Harsher and they should be enforced.I know the state is afraid the mother will not get the prenatal care she or the baby needs If she is afraid she will be charged with a crime.But on the other hand these Mothers hardly seek the prenatal care they need any way and if they do, what is the point when they can walk out of the clinic freely to use drugs and there are no real consequences.And this can go on and on In the State Of Minnesota,The Mother can walk away from the poor little baby that she had who is suffering from withdrawl symptoms because of the effects of being on drugs for 9 months.Left to care for these Babies are the Grandparents, Fathers or any one the Welfare system chooses.The child Is Called Special needs Then.The cant walk or talk or play like other children their own age,and alot of the time they spend in the Doctors Office now.And guess what Mom is pregnant again and will harm one more child.When will this change? The Harsh Reality is : There has to be Harsher Laws :Step It UP Minnesota; South Carolina,Wisconsin and South Dakota Have laws and they work,it says come to South Carolina pregnant and do drugs you will be arrested Minnesota should join them on the right path of protecting these unborn babieswho will be born with a life time of problems to look forward to, and the cost of Health Care is Astronomical ,That is if the Baby even lives at all.
Here is a Babies Point of View,Please think about what you are going to do to Enforce Harsher Laws. Thank You For Making A Difference.
Heaven Will Cry Tears,
I hear your voice everyday,every word that you say ,Sometimes its loud and I cant Sleep.I hear your voice, Can you hear me
“Mommy Please”
I really wonder whats that smell,
I feel so cold and all alone,In this water of my own.If you love me I cant tell I am really scared’ Whats That Smell
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It may seem like a topic only a toddler could love: a battle over the cost and contents of infant formula. But a recent bill involving the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Woman, Infants, Children (WIC) exemplifies the food industry’s aggressive lobbying and marketing tactics, which could leave the government footing an unnecessary $100 million bill, while ensuring many low-income families stay hungry.
At case here is a provision in the pending reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, which expires September 30th. WIC, which provides formula and healthy food vouchers to low-income mothers with small children, is part of the Act. As reported on The Hill, the Senate passed a version of the Act in August, but it didn’t include a very important measure: establishing a science-based process for assesing whether WIC should offer foods that contain functional ingredients.
You’ve no doubt seen the names of these functional ingredients splashed across the front of food packages: probiotics, DHA, lycopene, omega-3s and other intriguing-sounding additives. Included in yogurt, eggs, cereals, and other products, they are also becoming ubiquitous in infant formula. But their addition isn’t necessarily a good thing. Not only does the formula with additives cost more, they are also touted as providing nutritional or other health benefits, without much science to support their claims. Enfamil’s proprietary ingredient LIPIL, for instance, contains DHA and ARA designed to “support baby’s brain and eye development.” Their Dual Prebiotics suggest it will “support babies’ own defenses.”
For WIC, increased expenditure on additive-laden foods means fewer women are able to enroll in the program — the more money it spends on food, the fewer number of enrollees. According to the Economic Research Service, part of the USDA, functional ingredients in infant formula cost WIC up to $90 million a year. Yet there is no scientific consensus showing that the added ingredients impart any health benefits.
Soldiers in Iraq are packing up their rucksacks, turning in their Kevlar and helmets, cleaning their guns, and piling into C-130 aircraft to fly home. On the long flight home many of the soldiers will pass the time on the flight talking about all the things they are going to do when they get home. Some will get married, many will start a family, go back to school, lay on the beach. Soldiers will salivate talking about grilling a steak with corn on the cob and washing it down with an ice-cold beer. There will be as many “when I get back home plans” as there are soldiers.
Some of the soldiers will be returning to their childhood bedrooms at their parents’ house, and the high-school memorabilia will still be on the walls because these young soldiers went straight from high school to boot camp. The older reservists and National Guard will go back to their “regular jobs” as accountants, mechanics, waitresses, doctors, and stay-at home moms.
All of the soldiers both young and old will be reflecting on what they saw during their deployment in Iraq, including many of the soldiers with multi deployments in the seven and half year war.
They will be thinking about the 4, 416 soldiers that have died in Iraq. Maybe one of the dead was a bunkmate, or a brother. They will think about the 31,882 injured. They will think about their comrade that lost their leg, their arm and their face. They will think about the soldier that lost their eyesight, or hearing, or the many soldiers with traumatic brain injuries.
