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Australian Broadcast Corporation and others report:
Federal Circuit Court Judge Matthew Myers' decision to grant an injunction to stop the woman from breastfeeding her son comes despite the mother recording negative results on hepatitis and HIV tests. Judge Myers said there was still an unacceptable risk to the baby because the tests were not conclusive.
The case came before the court because the baby's father raised concerns about the mother's tattoo during a bitter parenting dispute.
Chief executive officer Rebecca Naylor said she is worried a dangerous precedent could be set.
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Ms Naylor also flagged broader concerns about the wider implications of the ruling, saying it raised questions about a judge's right to control the risk taking behaviours of women.
The Guardian comes with other details:
The mother, known as Ms Jackson, was ordered to stop breastfeeding her 11-month-old baby by the federal circuit court judge Matthew Myers on 5 June. Myers said there was an unacceptable risk of harm to the baby because the mother could have contracted HIV.
Myers initially told Jackson: “Don’t breastfeed any more. Seriously don’t. It’s not in the best interest of the child. “I seriously want the mother to consider [stopping breastfeeding] before I make an order to prevent it, and I will do it. I don’t care if it hits the front page.”
The father, also 20, had not initially applied for an injunction to stop the woman breastfeeding and the court heard the “genesis” of the idea came from Myers during a custody hearing. Myers could not make an injunction on her breastfeeding based on the woman’s mental health and the court heard he then went looking for an evidence-based reason. “He firmly made up his mind before hearing all of the evidence,” Jackson’s barrister, Claire Cantrall, told the court.
Original Submission
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Saturday June 20 2015, @10:05AM
From the article on the appeal (http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/australia-news-blog/2015/jun/19/tattooed-mother-has-court-breastfeeding-ban-overturned-on-appeal):
Myers originally wanted to stop the mother, known as Ms Jackson, from breastfeeding because she had postnatal depression
He wanted her to stop because of her mental health problems because she had been diagnosed with postnatal depression and he did not believe she was on the medication she should be.
Am I missing something? Where is the logic in any of that? The only thing I can think is that he wanted her to stop breastfeeding so she could start taking drugs for the depression without affecting the baby.
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(Score: 5, Informative) by zeigerpuppy on Saturday June 20 2015, @10:11AM
Antidepressants can be used during breast feeding. It's not ideal for the baby to be getting some drugs but, especially in post-natal depression, the consensus is that the benefit of a well mother and breast milk for the baby outweighs the risks. Some drugs pass minimally into breast milk, sertraline, for instance.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday June 20 2015, @11:25AM
it is put a stop to the widespread misunderstanding of what mental illness is as well as how it is treated.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 20 2015, @03:42PM
Well... Australia is entirely peopled with criminals.
Both goblets contains iocane.