--- Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 07:03:24 -0600 From: Jules Siegel <siegel@private> To: Declan McCullagh <declan@private> Subject: Michigan running background checks on new parents Declan, Sharon L. Secor <http://SharonSecor.rr.nu>, posted the item to drugwar.com. I've edited it to conform to fair use conventions. <http://www.freep.com/news/childrenfirst/paren23_20010323.htm> State running background checks on new parents [Excerpts] AP LANSING -- A new state program intended to protect newborn babies runs background checks on their parents to determine whether they have a history of child abuse that resulted in termination of their parental rights. The FIA will gather information on about 144,000 newborns per year from the Department of Community Health and search for matches weekly against its own database of 34,000 parents whose rights have been terminated. From there, the information will be forwarded to local FIA offices, which will make sure that the matches are legitimate. If they are, case workers will go out to investigate; in extreme cases, the newborn baby will be removed. -- JULES SIEGEL Apdo. 1764 77501-Cancun Q. Roo Mexico http://www.madlaughter.com Newsroom-l, news and issues for journalists http://www.newsroom-l.net _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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