[Nfbmo] Mikaela Is Home

[Shelia Wright]

I'm sure we will be looking at the Maryland and Washington bills as part of
our effort to prevent this from happening again in Missouri but we
haven'tformalized that yet.
Shelia


 
Original Message-----
From: nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Peter Donahue
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:45 PM
To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Mikaela Is Home

Good evening everyone,

    This is wonderful news. Are you guys going to seek passage of 
legislation similar to that adopted in Maryland that protects blind parents 
from having their children taken away simply due to their blindness? Just 
thought I would put a bug in your ears in light of this case. 
Congratulations to everyone in our Missouri Affiliate. You're one step down 
the road to preventing such incidents in the future.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <christine-parsons at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Mikaela Is Home


Oh, this is wonderful news.


Chris Parsons

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From: "Shelia Wright" <sbwright95 at att.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:46 PM
To: "'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [Nfbmo] Mikaela Is Home

> We learned early this morning that the Missouri Division of Children's
> Services wanted to settle and released Mikaela to her parents just hours
> before the hearing. Blake and Erika are very happy to have their baby at
> home where she belongs. This is truly a victory for them but it cannot be
> the end of this case.
>
>
>
> There have been several interviews already with the media this afternoon.
> The NFB of Missouri will be working with the attorney and the parents to
> proceed with litigation. The injustice cannot be undone; Nor can these
> parents regain precious time they should have had with their newborn. We
> must work to be sure this does not happen to other blind couples when they
> enter a hospital to have their baby.
>
>
>
> More will be forthcoming in the days to come.
>
> Shelia Wright
>
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