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N.J. health system is drug testing pregnant women without informed consent, AG alleges
The state Attorney General’s Office and the Division of Civil Rights has filed a lawsuit against a South Jersey health system, alleging its drug-testing policy unfairly targets pregnant women. The suit was filed against Virtua Health,
Virtua Health sued by New Jersey AG over ‘discriminatory’ drug-test policy for pregnant patients
Drug testing among pregnant patients has been controversial nationally. In New Jersey, Virtua Health is being sued for discrimination.
Virtua Drug Tests Pregnancy Patients Without Consent, NJ Attorney General Alleges in New Suit
"[W]hen pregnant patients receive a positive test result, Virtua will automatically report them to the Division of Child Protection and Permanency for possible child abuse or neglect—even when the positive test occurs only because the patient ate a poppy seed bagel,
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“Virtua’s practices single out pregnant patients for mandatory drug testing without informed consent," said Sundeep Iyer, director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights. "As a result, patients are unnecessarily traumatized and fear they will lose their children mere hours after giving birth.
NJ sues Virtua Health over drug testing pregnant women without consent
Other patients admitted to hospitals within the South Jersey health care provider's network did not receive automatic screening for banned substances, according to the complaint filed in State Superior Court.
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Since 2018, Virtua has allegedly had a policy requiring universal drug testing of pregnant patients who are admitted to its labor and delivery or high-risk obstetrics units, and it has regularly administered tests without obtaining informed consent.
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