To: President Donald Trump, The Arizona State House, The Arizona State Senate, and Governor Doug Ducey
Mothers given jail time for drug exposed babies
To make all mothers of drug exposed babies serve jail/prison time
Why is this important?
My petition is about mothers who have babies and their babies are DRUG/ALCOHOL EXPOSED and the child is then taken into CPS custody and the mothers are released from hospital with out any punishment or worry. I feel that when a child is drug/alcohol exposed the mother and father (if present and tests positive) should be given jail time. These children have no fault for their mothers choices and are being abused while in their mothers womb, and these children Can have short or long term health problems including withdrawals and psychological issue. These mothers are consistent drug users with addictions that are harmful to the human body and are putting these babies in harm and they are walking free while the cps systems raise their childrens and at times they go from home to home and many parents are not willing to adopt children who are drug exposed due to the high amount of Care and attention these children need. I have adopted my 3 neices due to the fact that they were taken into cps custody for my sister using drugs while pregnant, thankfully I was able to take full responsibility for my neices but so many children are less fortunate and have to live an unhealthy life growing up in foster care and then going to group homes and most of these children have no where to go once they are 18 and forced to leave the group home and end up on the streets, I truely feel that something needs to be done asap and I know we cant force these selfish human beings to tie their tubes or use birth control but their should be mandatory punishment. Every child should be allowed to live a normal healthy life and not start off their life with drug or alcohol withdrawals. LETS GIVE ALL CHILDREN A HEALTHY CHANCE IN LIFE!!!