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		grumple on March 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hospitals are reporting new mothers for neglect fr... Is it not illegal to perform nonconsensual, nonemergency testing on people? The people that authorized this at the hospital should go to prison for that imo.

lostlogin on March 25, 2023 [–]

The young, old and unwell are not able to give consent. Dealing with that should be a routine part of every day work in a hospital.

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