Court snatches away 22-day-old baby from her mother
Court snatches away 22-day-old baby from her mother
BY AARON MACARAEG
Bulatlat.com
MANILA– Reina Mae Nasino grieves as the Manila court denied her appeal to stay with her newborn daughter.
Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 20 ordered Nasino’s 22-day old daughter to be separated from her, denying the mother’s appeal for continuous medical care in a hospital or to stay together in the jail, at the very least.
Nasino gave birth to her fist child on July 1 at Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital. With her baby underweight and malnourished, Nasino’s lawyers appealed for both the mother and the child to stay in the hospital for at least a week but city jail officers secretly brought them back to prison.
In a statement, Kapatid, a support group for political prisoners, quoted Nasino, “Nananawagan po ako na sa mas mahabang panahon ay makasama ko ang aking anak…Nararamdaman ko ‘yung yakap niya. Sana bigyan pa kami ng panahong magkasama.” (I appeal to be with my child
longer…I feel her embrace. I hope they give us more time to be together.)
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