Mandatory Screening of Mothers in New Jersey - New Law

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[sSRI-Research] Mandatory Screening of Mothers in New Jersey

- New Law

 

 

 

http://tinyurl.com/er32k

 

The Record (Bergen County, NJ) Circulation: 166,373

April 20, 2006

 

Regarding " Postpartum lifeline "

 

I thought we lived in a free country.

 

Now New Jersey has a law that requires a mother to have a mental

health exam after having a baby. What will be next: mental health

exams for mothers who have children failing in school, or maybe who

have children who don't look like everyone else?

 

New Jersey legislators need to take another look at this issue and

consider making the mental health exam optional. Do they think that

women can't think for themselves? Do they really think that a test

" knows best " what is good for an individual?

 

Government doesn't have the right to legislate what is " normal "

behavior. I would like to see a return of more personal freedoms

rather than the government mandating whether we are " mentally ill " or not.

 

Bill Simpson