Mom Pleads Guilty to Drunk Breastfeeding
June 30, 2009 by Karlynn Johnston
Filed under Super Natural
I know today seems like breastfeeding news day, but this article also came up on the news and I just had to post it. She actually pleaded guilty to this, I am shocked. I wonder where charges like this can lead, what about using drugs while breastfeeding, and what constitutes intoxicated? Did she receive a breathalyzer or did they just think she “looked” drunk? What if she was under the legal limit, would she still be guilty of child neglect? So many things that can be argued here.
From UPI.com:
GRAND FORKS, S.D., June 24 (UPI) — A North Dakota woman has pleaded guilty to child neglect for breastfeeding her 6-week-old infant while she was intoxicated, police say.
Stacey Anvarinia, 26, was arrested at a home in Grand Forks after police responded to a call there on an unrelated matter, the Grand Forks Herald reported Wednesday.
Prosecutor Meredith Larson told District Judge Sonja Clapp officers were concerned about the infant’s welfare after they saw signs Anvarinia was intoxicated.
Larson said officers were told by a local hospital that breastfeeding while intoxicated was not good for the infant.
“Ms. Anvarinia was notified of that, and she continued to make attempts to breastfeed,” Larson said.
She is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 7.
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