A lawsuit was filed Thursday in Pennsylvania after a mother's newborn was taken from her by child services after she ate a poppy seed bagel, skewing the results of a drug test.
NBC News reports that Elizabeth Mort's blood work at a hospital tested positive for opiates because she ate a poppy seed bagel before having the baby. Three days after giving birth, Children and Youth Services came to Mort's home to take the baby away. Little Isabella was returned to her mother five days after, when it was shown that Mort did not take any illegal drugs.
"It felt like our heart was ripped in pieces," she told NBC. "The most important person was missing, and we didn't know when we would see her again."
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of the parents against CYS and Jameson Hospital where the blood tests were analyzed.
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