Tag: Parental Rights
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Female Genital Mutilation To Be Outlawed in Michigan?
The issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) has been raging through the media like wildfire over the last few weeks. Ever since three people in Michigan, two of whom are doctors, have been charged with performing this illegal procedure on minors here in the Mitten state, it has been the topic of choice for news…
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Two New Arrests in Michigan Genital Mutilation Case
It’s only been a couple of weeks since we shared with you a story about a Michigan-based doctor who is facing federal criminal charges for allegedly performing genital mutilation on underage girls. However, since then new charges have been brought against another Michigan doctor and his wife who are accused of engaging in this same…
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Abuse or Tradition: Female Genital Mutilation and Male Circumcision
Last week we shared with you the story of a Michigan doctor who is accused of performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on a number of young girls in the name of tradition and religion. As is often the case when stories of a controversial nature become public, people on all sides step up to the…
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Domestic Violence and CPS: Points to Consider
Domestic Violence, sometimes called domestic assault, can result in criminal charges and a host of other unwanted consequences for the people involved. From court costs, fines, time spent in jail, attorney’s fees and the possibility of a criminal conviction, domestic violence charges are no joke. But what many people don’t realize is that domestic violence…
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Detroit Mother Charged For Newborn Infant’s Death
We have very little information about this particular case, in part because the events are so recent and still under investigation, but we do know that a Detroit mother is facing very serious charges. She is accused of causing the death of her newborn baby. How this will impact her other children, and the extent…
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Maternal Death Reporting Is Now Mandatory in Michigan?
For so long we have been focused on saving the lives of babies, that it seems we’ve allowed their most important life source to slip out of our fingers – their mothers. Maternal death rates are rising in Michigan, which is both sad and surprising, given that they are decreasing on a global scale. So…
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Mom Facing Charges After Children Were Left Alone at Home
Sara Maria King, a 25-year-old resident of Detroit, has been charged with leaving her two young daughters alone and unsupervised at home. The two girls, aged 6 years and 8 months, were discovered by a neighbor, standing on the home’s front porch on Tyler Street at about 2:30 in the afternoon, shouting for help. According…
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Child abuse – what are the long term effects?
Having just looked at the long term effects of foster care, we felt it was also necessary that we take a look at the long term effects of abuse on children. While we are very pro-parent in our approach to CPS defense, and we believe very strongly that it is a parent’s right to raise…
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Foster Care: What Do The Long-Term Effects Reveal For Children?
When children are removed from their families by CPS, very few people stop to think about what happens to them after removal. They are presumed to be safe and happy with relatives or family friends. Hardly anyone not directly involved in the child welfare system gives the process much more thought. But while some children…
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Target 8 Investigation Prompts Mixed Reactions About CPS Involvement 2
In the first installment of this two part series, we discussed the investigation that Target 8 had conducted into how much oversight CPS provides for families after a baby is born with drugs in it’s system. According to the Office of Children’s Ombudsman, the answer is not enough. But according to CPS, a parent with…