Birth Alert

• Indigenous mother proposes class-action lawsuit on birth alerts in Manitoba

  An Indigenous woman whose newborn was taken by police and social workers shown in a video on social media has proposed a class-action lawsuit against the Manitoba government.

  Investigations

  Mar 17, 2022
  
• N.S. called on to do more to help vulnerable pregnant women after ending birth alerts

  A Nova Scotia advocacy group is calling on the province to offer more resources to vulnerable expectant families after the government ended its use of birth alerts.

  Health

  Dec 1, 2021
  
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• Nova Scotia ends controversial practice of birth alerts, one of last provinces to do so

  The Nova Scotia government has announced it will end birth alerts, joining most other jurisdictions in Canada in ending the controversial practice.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2021
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• N.B. one of last Canadian provinces to end controversial birth alert practice

  The province says it has discontinued the practice, effective immediately, and will place more emphasis on supporting expectant mothers.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2021
• Call renewed to end controversial birth alert practice in Nova Scotia

  Nova Scotia's Department of Community Services says it is 'working toward' ending the controversial practice of birth alerts, criticized as being racist and discriminatory.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2021
• Ontario government scrapping birth alerts across province starting in October

  A system that disproportionately targets racialized and Indigenous families by alerting authorities about the pending birth of children believed to be at risk will cease in Ontario later this year, the provincial government said Tuesday as it joined other Canadian jurisdictions doing away with the controversial practice.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2020
• Saskatchewan government reviewing birth alert policies

  The province is reviewing whether it will keep the practice that critics say discriminates against Indigenous parents.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2019
• B.C. ends ‘birth alert’ practice used to separate newborns from moms in child welfare cases

  "Birth alerts" allow social services to contact health officials when they have concerns about a baby's safety, potentially leading to seizure of the child.

  Sep 16, 2019