B.C. ending ‘racist and discriminatory’ birth alert system

By Jeremy Hainsworth / Glacier Media
B.C. will cease so-called birth alerts that have led to the seizures of infants as young as 90 minutes old from parents deemed to be a danger to their children, the minister of children and family development said Sept. 16. Katrine Conroy said the alerts have been primarily issued for marginalized women and, disproportionately, Indigenous women.…

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September 17, 2019

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