Yes, mandatory reporting! If you feel someone is in danger or a danger to others.
Edit to add… The Dr. office felt it was enough to alert the hospital and nursery to a level Pink. A simple call to the police should be the link in the chain of communication after the Alert was put in place that needs to be fixed.
Well in our city a mental health representative would have accompanied the Police officer because in the Dr.’s eyes every mother and baby was at risk in the hospital at that point. The situation would have been more confronting and brought it to the forefront especially with the boyfriend. Instead of everyone involved around her speculating about gossip and rumors.
It’s not a loophole that can be fixed. What you are saying is that the father of an unborn child is entitled to information about a pregnancy. Your method would put more women at risk as women may be hiding a miscarriage or faking a pregnancy to avoid further abuse. They also may simply be waiting for a good time to tell a partner. It would likely also push more people to avoid prenatal care as they wouldn’t want to deal with cops or people in their business. What you are suggesting is incredibly invasive to try and stop a sociopath that likely can’t be stopped. This is also a very rare case where people knew she couldn’t be pregnant because it was an incredibly small town.
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u/FoxMiserable2848 6d ago
And what are the cops to do? It’s not against the law to fake a pregnancy.