The Ontario government is eliminating the controversial practice of birth alerts where notifications are sent by children’s aid societies to hospitals when they believe a newborn may be in need of protection.
In a press release issued today, the government says the new approach will improve pre- and post-natal services by promoting collaboration between children's aid societies, hospitals, service providers, Indigenous partners and community-based service providers.
Removing the use of birth alerts, also referred to as hospital alerts, was a recommendation from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Expectant mothers can be deterred from seeking prenatal care or parenting support due to fears of a birth alert being issued and their child being taken away from them.
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