{"id":17952,"date":"2018-02-23T03:46:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T08:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=17952"},"modified":"2018-03-04T21:14:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T02:14:32","slug":"state-could-require-labeling-drug-dependent-babies-abused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2018\/02\/23\/state-could-require-labeling-drug-dependent-babies-abused\/","title":{"rendered":"State Could Require Labeling Drug-Dependent Babies Abused"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17953\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2018\/02\/23\/state-could-require-labeling-drug-dependent-babies-abused\/drugsbabybottle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/drugsbabybottle.jpg?fit=267%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"267,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"drugsbabybottle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/drugsbabybottle.jpg?fit=267%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/drugsbabybottle.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/drugsbabybottle.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/drugsbabybottle.jpg?w=267&amp;ssl=1 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/>\nDrug-dependent babies born in Kentucky could automatically be labeled an &#8220;abused or neglected child,&#8221; a change that would require state officials to investigate and begin the process of terminating parental rights.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The change is part of House Bill 1, a sweeping, bipartisan overhaul of the state&#8217;s foster care and adoption system. Any child born dependent on drugs would be considered abused or neglected, unless the mother is enrolled and complying with a drug treatment program.<\/p>\n<p>A legislative committee unanimously approved the bill Thursday (2\/22), sending it to the House floor for debate. The bill is a priority for Governor Matt Bevin who, along with his wife, adopted four children from Ethiopia after they said they tried and failed to adopt from Kentucky&#8217;s system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drug-dependent babies born in Kentucky could automatically be labeled an &#8220;abused or neglected child,&#8221; a change that would require state officials to investigate and begin the process of terminating parental rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-4Fy","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 15:06:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17954,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17952\/revisions\/17954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}