Healey is ready to unleash the massive power of government on new moms to stop the next Lindsay Clancy from killing her own children.
Earlier this month, the governor announced new measures to "strengthen postpartum care and mental health support for mothers and families across Massachusetts, with a focus on reaching people earlier, making support easier to access and helping providers connect patients to care when they need it."
Gov. Healey is proposing $2 million to provide universal access to the Department of Public Health's (DPH) "Welcome Family" home visiting program statewide and $250,000 to strengthen the Department of Mental Health's Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP) for Moms. The funding will be included in an upcoming supplemental budget, and DPH will update state regulations to strengthen screening for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and help providers identify concerns earlier.
"Everybody in the state, when you have a baby, you're going to have a home visit within days, weeks, and that will be an opportunity for a healthcare provider to make an assessment," she told a local news outlet.
Talking about this on "Today's Issues," AFR host Jenna Ellis said this proposal is proving one of the oldest maxims in politics.
"This is one instance where bad facts make bad law," Ellis said.
She also noted former President Ronald Reagan's quip, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
"Gov. Healey is using this opportunity to say that everyone who has a baby will be visited in their home by a government-appointed healthcare provider to make an assessment. Well, of what?" she posed. "And what if you don't pass?"
After the federal government under the last two Democratic presidents proved to be hostile to several aspects of a Christian home, including "your parenting skills, your home environment, the way that you choose to raise your children, whether you have a Christian worldview, whether you're choosing to homeschool," Ellis said the governor has been too light on some very important details when it comes to the "Welcome Family" program expansion.
She wants to know exactly what Gov. Healey and the state plan to assess during these postpartum visits.
