Date: 02 July 2013
In this civil case from the US, the plaintiff won a settlement with child welfare agency and hospital in Pennsylvania. The latter removed Elizabeth Mort's newborn after failing an opiate test, which lawyers argued had a far lower threshold than federal guidelines.
Case name: Mort et al v. Lawrence County Children and Youth Services et al
To download complaint filed by ACLU click here
BBC report on decision: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23153685
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