She failed a “parental skill test”: an 18 -year -old mother is only removed an hour after childbirth

Ivana Nikoline Brønlund. Therefore, 18, was born in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, from Greenlandic parents. Furthermore, Former player of the national handball team, she gave birth on August 11 to a little girl.

The child. Consequently, named Aviaja-Luuna, was placed as a foster family by the Danish municipality of Høje-Tastrup, near Copenhagen, barely an hour after childbirth. In addition, Since then. Moreover, the young mother could not see her little one only once, under surveillance, without being authorized to deal with it, reports the British newspaper The Guardian.

The decision was made by the Danish authorities following a “parental competence test”. This is a psychological she failed “parental skill test”: test to determine if a person is able to assume the role of parent. In May, the use of these tests for families of Greenlandic origin was officially prohibited.

Victim of sexual abuse during his childhood

According to the authorities. the newborn has been withdrawn from his mother because of the trauma that Ivana Nikoline Brønlund still carries, a consequence of sexual abuses inflicted by his adoptive father, now incarcerated.

The municipality also considered that the young mother was “not Greenlandic enough “ To benefit from the protection of the new law, despite its origins and its place of birth. The tests had been carried out in April, when the law had already been announced in January.

“I she failed “parental skill test”: am destroyed. I don’t know what I’m going to do without her”

For the time being, Ivana Nikoline Brønlund is only allowed to see her daughter two hours, once every two weeks, and still under surveillance. The meeting with his little one, which took place earlier this week, was interrupted prematurely. “We said that the baby was supposedly too tired and overexposed to the stimulation. My heart broke when the educator put an end to the visit. I had to go very quickly. On the way back, I cried all the tears of my body. I am destroyed. I don’t know what I’m going to do without her“She said in the columns of Guardian.

“I didn’t want to give birth, because I knew what was going to happen afterwards. She had to stay in my belly: it was the only way to be close to her.”

His recourse against her baby’s placement should be examined on September 16. The municipality of HØJEJE-TAASTRUP refused to comment on the bottom of the case, but recognized errors in the procedure. She now claims to collaborate more closely with Viso, a specialized Danish organization that must replace prohibited tests.