They took her baby away from her based on false information

The trauma this mother and her baby went through is unbelievable. This Mother Went Into Early Labor, Ate a Poppy Seed Salad, and Then Had Her Baby Taken Away Based on a False Positive Drug Test      Sign Now      Arfin,   Susan Horton, a mother of four, faced a heartbreaking ordeal during what should have been the magical birth of her fifth, a little girl. After enjoying a meal that contained poppy seeds, she was drug tested at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Rosa, California, without explicit consent. This urine screening yielded a false positive for opioids because of those poppy seeds. Without secondary confirmation of these results, the hospital and social workers took her hours-old baby away from her, and they were separated for weeks before the case was dismissed by a judge.   Sadly, Susan's experience is not unique. Hospitals often use inaccurate urine screenings for drug exposure, leading to wrongful separations based on flimsy guidelines and bias against mothers. Factors like race, class, and even the appearance of tattoos or disheveled clothing have been shown to unjustly trigger testing. Decisions to test also disproportionately affect low-income women of color. As a result, innocent families are torn apart due to false positives linked to common foods or medications.   Kaiser Permanente must be held accountable for its actions, and we call upon the hospital system to set a new precedent for protecting mothers and their babies. We demand that CEO Greg A. Adams implement significant policy changes to prevent future injustices and ensure that no family suffers from wrongful separation again. Sign the petition to advocate for maternal justice! Thank you, Lauren Care2 Petitions Team P.S. A mother had her baby taken away from her because a poppy seed salad came up as drugs on a urine screening. Unfortunately, this is all too common. Sign for change.      Sign Now