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Newborn CCHD Screening and Parental Rights

Newborn CCHD Screening and Parental Rights

What is CCHD screening? The least invasive standard newborn screening is testing for CCHD via pulse oximetry. CCHD stands for critical congenital heart defects, a broad term encompassing a variety of inherited heart conditions. Pulse oximetry is a simple device which measures blood oxygen levels by shining a light through a baby’s hand or foot. […]

Newborn Hearing Screenings and Parental Rights

Newborn Hearing Screenings and Parental Rights

Why is a hearing screening often required at birth? One screening often required for newborns is a screening for risk for hearing loss. The hearing screening is a process involving earbuds or headphones connected to sensors playing soft sounds in a newborn’s ears. The sensors measure the baby’s response to determine whether there is potential […]

Newborn Blood Spot Screening and Parental Rights

Newborn Blood Spot Screening and Parental Rights

Do I have to let the state health department have a sample of my baby’s blood? As if labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery were not enough to deal with upon a newborn’s arrival, there are also postnatal laws and regulations parents will encounter. One of these is the required newborn screening (NBS) process, which can […]

Member Story: Medical neglect for transferring to a new hospital?

Member Story: Medical neglect for transferring to a new hospital?

“Should you feed her that? We don’t think her body can handle it.”  Jason and Amy Hawkins* watched helplessly as the pediatric hospital staff started the feeding tube. Their 16-year-old daughter Alyssa had cystic fibrosis and standard hospital protocol did not meet her dietary needs. But the hospital would not listen. “How much are you […]

Top News: Mandatory reporting laws are a failure

Top News: Mandatory reporting laws are a failure

When a person has a suspicion that a child is being abused or neglected, laws in every state require members of certain professions—and sometimes everyone—to report those suspicions to law enforcement or child protective services. On its face, this seems like a good idea. But it has actually been counterproductive to the original intent of […]

COVID-19 Vaccines for Schoolchildren

COVID-19 Vaccines for Schoolchildren

Though few people are talking about it anymore, a question raised over the past several years remains: will states require the COVID-19 vaccine for school-aged children? The answer is that it depends on the state. A few states have already published their immunization requirements for school children for the 2023-24 school year, but most have […]

“Vaccines mandates and homeschoolers.” Kevin Swanson interviews Bradley Pierce

“Vaccines mandates and homeschoolers.” Kevin Swanson interviews Bradley Pierce

In 2022, the FDA began approving COVID-19 vaccines. Starting in the 2022-2023 school year, school attendance in Washington D.C. is now conditioned on COVID-19 vaccination status. Just this year, the CDC added COVID-19 vaccines to the recommended immunization schedules for children as young as 6 months.  Yet school immunizations are nothing new. Every state requires […]

Top News: Homeschooling on the rise

Top News: Homeschooling on the rise

Homeschooling in the U.S. continues to rise. Reasons range from parents wanting to spend more time together as a family to protecting their children from the defiling content being taught in public school systems. Seattle Public Schools is even considering shutting down some schools because so many students have been withdrawn to homeschool. “‘Initially it […]

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