..maybe after having the babies, there's a lot of hormonal activity going on still that could effect the results of the lie detector test..(?)
..this is what the polygraph expert had to say as to why he couldn't give the mom one
while pregnant...
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/ ... ng.01.html
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september 26--NG transcript---
VELEZ-MITCHELL: I want to go to Woodrow Tripp, former police commander and polygraph expert. It is my understanding that polygraphs are being given to certain people, but that the mother is not being given a polygraph because she`s eight months pregnant. What`s the connection there?
Why does pregnancy preclude a polygraph?
WOODROW TRIPP, FMR. POLICY COMMANDER, POLYGRAPH EXPERT: Well, Jane, American Polygraph Association has certain standards, and as a result of that, we don`t polygraph pregnant females for a lot or a host of reasons. Keep in mind, we`re recording physiological...
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Give me a couple. Give me a couple.
TRIPP: Sure.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Give me a couple.
TRIPP: Sure. We`re recording physiological activity of a person`s body. Well, I`m recording heartbeats. Well, in this case, I have two that are going on. You know, we measure perspiration. We measure all of that physiological activity that`s going on. And when you have a pregnant person such as she is, you`ve got a lot of issues. And in fact, could we cause a miscarriage? All of that is put at risk.
So we very rarely, if ever -- it`s got to be extraordinary circumstances. Would this be an extraordinary? Yes, it would be. But at this point, I think there`s a lot more homework that needs to be done before they ever get to a polygraph.