[Politech] Michigan runs background checks on parents-to-be [priv]

From: Declan McCullagh (declan@private)
Date: Tue Feb 03 2004 - 19:56:12 PST

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    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.
    
    
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