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1 month ago | motherjones.com | Shoshana Walter

The request from child welfare authorities seemed harmless enough: Order a newborn drug test. Dr. Sharon Ostfeld-Johns and her hospital colleagues had done it countless times before. This time, however, the request gave the doctor pause. A patient at Yale New Haven Health in Connecticut, the largest health system in the state, had said that she’d used marijuana to help her eat and sleep during her pregnancy. The hospital had reported her to child welfare authorities.

Dec 16, 2024 | msmagazine.com | Shoshana Walter

This story was originally published by The Marshall Project. It was published in partnership with Reveal News, Mother Jones and USA Today. Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. As they prepped her for an emergency cesarean section, they gave her midazolam, a benzodiazepine commonly prescribed to keep patients calm.

Dec 10, 2024 | msn.com | Shoshana Walter

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Dec 10, 2024 | yahoo.com | Shoshana Walter

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system, Reveal and Mother Jones. Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. As they prepped her for an emergency cesarean section, they gave her midazolam, a benzodiazepine commonly prescribed to keep patients calm.

Dec 10, 2024 | flipboard.com | Shoshana Walter

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly have ended their on-again-off-again romance just weeks after announcing that they're expecting their first child together, according to a report. The couple was together for over four years. TMZ was the first to report the news. Reps for both didn't respond to …