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Missing Children
“Since 2000, federal records show child welfare agencies across the country closed the cases of more than 53,000 foster kids listed as ‘runaway’ and at least another 61,000 children listed as ‘missing.’” https://www.fox25boston.com/…/missing-and-forgott…/755376482 Sadly, many children are being thrown into this system temporarily even though they have parents who have done nothing wrong. Check out…
Read MoreArizona’s New Law
Arizona recently passed a law that limits the situations in which children can be removed from their parents without a court order. https://www.azcentral.com/…/new-law-defines-when…/509555002/ It remains to be seen, though, if the law will indeed help limit needless removals, as this article from last fall explains. https://www.azcentral.com/…/arizona-department-c…/705733001/ Now is the time to continue pushing for parental…
Read MoreIs Foster Care Better?
While we recognize that foster care is necessary for some children in the case of true abuse, let’s make sure children who have loving homes don’t get lost in a system that studies show often hurts rather than helps children. “Children on the margin of placement are found to be two to three times more…
Read MoreMother Arrested – Maryann Godboldo
Detroit resident Maryann Godboldo was arrested in 2011 after a 10-hour standoff with police and CPS who claimed she was not giving her daughter proper medication. The state later discontinued the medication as well, returned the daughter, and dropped the charges – until the appeals court and prosecutors in 2013 opted to go after her…
Read MoreNo Questioning Allowed – Scott and Jody Ferris
According to HSLDA, who is representing the Ferrises, “Scott and Jody Ferris faced hostile medical staff during Jodi’s postpartum care and lost custody of their newborn daughter when they simply questioned whether certain medical procedures were necessary.” [emphasis added] Thankfully, a judge returned their daughter the next day. The family sued “the hospital workers and a…
Read MoreFamily Forced to Flee the Country – Sarah Hershberger
In Ohio, an Amish family was forced to flee the country to spare their daughter unwanted and dangerous chemo-therapy, including a cocktail of drugs not approved for children by the FDA. Reports indicate the girl now appears healthy through natural means.
Read MoreTaking Children to Experiment? – Hannah and Kayla Diegel
[Photo Credit: A Miracle for Two Sisters] In April of 2014, the CPS/DCS took two sisters at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital into custody claiming medical abuse. About a week before, the mother had requested transfer to another doctor when she suspected that the doctors wanted to experiment on her children due to their rare medical…
Read MoreHospital Malpractice Coverup?
Sara and Padraig Keenan A family in New York found themselves facing allegations of child abuse after their infant died; they contended the charge was fabricated to cover up the hospital’s own serious errors in the child’s treatment. The couple also had their older two children taken from their care, but returned after two autopsies…
Read MoreNo Multiple Opinions Allowed – Isaiah Rider
The state of Illinois took Isaiah Rider from his mother, Michelle, because she sought multiple opinions for treating her son’s pain. When the pain from his neurofibromitosis became too great, mother Michelle (who is a nurse) decided to seek additional options, looking for a hospital that could manage his discomfort. Chicago’s Lurie’s Children’s Hospital took…
Read MoreSocial Worker Removes Children – Funkhousers
A family from Clarke County, Virginia, lost custody of their two children when a Child Services Worker – with no medical or psychological training – “determined” that the mother was suffering from Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. This outdated term (since replaced with the new charge of “medical neglect”) refers to a psychological disorder whereby the affected…
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