Hospital staff then tested her newborn son — results were negative — but they still reported the unconfirmed test results to Allegheny County's Office of Children, Youth and Families. UPMC spokeswoman Amy Charley emailed a statement from the hospital system saying it follows state laws when reporting test results. Laws on testing new mothers and infants for drugs vary across the country, with a few states criminalizing positive results and more than a dozen others classifying positive results as a form of child abuse. Cook's urine was collected and tested without her consent, and her newborn daughter was drug tested. Devore similarly alleged that the hospital collected and tested her urine without her consent and reported “unconfirmed positive” test results to Children, Youth and Families.

Source: ABC News March 11, 2020 16:15 UTC