Newark baby who died in bathtub was a foster child, state official says

Newark baby who died in bathtub was a foster child, state official says | NJ.com:

NEWARK — An 11-month-old Newark girl in a foster home was found dead Wednesday in an inch of water in the bathtub, authorities said.

Circumstances surrounding the death of Kaniiyah Ealey remain unclear but state Department of Children and Families Commissioner Allison Blake said the agency was "working closely with law enforcement to investigate an allegation of neglect regarding supervision of this child in the bathtub." The statement came in an e-mail Blake sent to employees and child welfare professionals Wednesday evening.

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Texas Abortionist Killed Babies With His Bare Hands

Texas Abortionist Killed Babies With His Bare Hands:

There’s another murderer masquerading as an OB doctor in Texas whose clinic is being investigated after a few of his employees came forward with their testimonies. Three women and one other anonymous person who were employed by Dr. Douglas Karpen have come forward to testify about the horrific details of what went on at this particular clinic and possibly two other clinics that Karpen owned. Here are some of the things they witnessed from their former boss:

• delivering live babies during third-trimester abortions
• killing them by snipping their spinal cord
• stabbing a surgical instrument into their heads or stomach
• twisting their heads off their necks with his own bare hands
• pulling the baby out of the womb in pieces because of how big it was

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Lawsuit Accuses South Carolina Doctors of Unnecessary Surgery

Lawsuit Accuses South Carolina Doctors of Unnecessary Surgery - MyAdvocates:

Contact:

Teresa P. Kelly, Janet, Jenner & Suggs, (512) 328-4276;
 teresapkelly@msn.com
Apreill Hartsfield, Southern Poverty Law Center, (334) 782-6624;
apreill.hartsfield@splcenter.org
Anne Tamar-Mattis, Advocates for Informed Choice, (707) 793-1190;
 director@aiclegal.org

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Advocates

 for Informed Choice (AIC) and pro bono counsel for the private law firms of
Janet, Jenner & Suggs and Steptoe & Johnson LLP filed a lawsuit
today against the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Greenville
Hospital System, Medical University of South Carolina and individual employees
 for performing an irreversible and medically unnecessary surgery on an infant
 in the state’s care.

The lawsuit, filed in both state and federal court, charges that it was a violation
of the U.S. Constitution when South Carolina doctors working for the state surgically
 removed the healthy genital tissue of a 16-month-old child, potentially sterilizing him
 and greatly reducing, if not eliminating, his sexual function.

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Video link to judge lets Southeast Texas foster kids be heard

Video link to judge lets Southeast Texas foster kids be heard - Beaumont Enterprise:

The purpose of the program, which is being administered by the Texas Office of Court Administration, is to give children in foster care a voice and a sense of inclusion in their cases, which in the past were commonly decided outside their presence.

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Dozens of children in state care being sent back to place of abuse

Dozens of children in state care being sent back to place of abuse | The Australian:

HUNDREDS of children in state care are being harmed each year and one in five are kept at the place of their abuse despite Department of Child Safety staff determining the risk was "unacceptable".

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Foster care children most vulnerable to school failure, drop out

Foster care children most vulnerable to school failure, drop out:

A new study reveals that children in the foster care system struggle academically. Specifically, foster care children are the most vulnerable for high rates of school failure and drop outs, as well as low enrollment in college.

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Man Accused Of Abusing Foster Child In Court

Man Accused Of Abusing Foster Child In Court | Corpus Christi, TX | KRISTV.com |:

CORPUS CHRISTI -- A foster father accused of shaking his 2-year-old daughter will be in court today.

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