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City-level estimates; country centres are used where a town cannot be located. Geography: GeoNames and Natural Earth.
| Mother / Alias ↕ | Quick summary ↕ | Outcome ↕ | Jurisdiction ↕ | Year ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawke's Bay Mother (Son) | Police and Oranga Tamariki tried to uplift a 19-year-old Māori mother's seven-day-old son at Hawke's Bay Hospital under a without-notice order; midwives were locked out, but the uplift was stopped. | Baby Returned Uplift stopped; she kept her son | Hastings, HKB, New Zealand | 2019 |
| Verna Joseph | Security guards restrained a breastfeeding mother at King George Hospital and took her three-week-old daughter in public view, then she was sectioned without being told. | Baby Returned Returned after six days | Ilford, ENG, United Kingdom | 2011 |
| Kathleen Rogers | Social workers and security took Kathleen's three-day-old son while she was breastfeeding at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre; the agency later admitted she posed no threat. | Returned After Court Action Regained custody after three months in court | Winnipeg, MB, Canada | 2010 |