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| Attempt To Take Baby Over Theoretical Harm; Possibly To Meet Quota |
| 2007-08-29 |
| A pregnant woman has been told that her baby will be taken from her at birth because she is deemed capable of "emotional abuse", even though psychiatrists treating her say there is no evidence to suggest that she will harm her child in any way. Social services' recommendation that the baby should be taken from Fran Lyon, a 22-year-old charity worker who has five A-levels and a degree in neuroscience, was based in part on a letter from a paediatrician she has never met. Hexham children's services, part of Northumberland County Council, said the decision had been made because Miss Lyon was likely to suffer from Munchausen's Syndrome by proxy, a condition unproven by science in which a mother will make up an illness in her child, or harm it, to draw attention to herself. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #9 I weep for the Brits. Like somebody said, Orwell's 1984 was meant as a warning, not a user's manual. Child Services in most states here tend to be a pack of jackals, too. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-08-29 21:23 |
| #8 I'd be willing to bet it's an EU-wide phenomena, OldSpook. There are pockets of it in the US, as well. On the other hand, we have scores of social services "experts" that continuously place children in danger by putting them BACK into abusive and dangerous households, in order to "keep the family united" - even when it's known to be a very risky and dangerous situation. IIRC, at least 40 kids are killed every year in the US because of such "returns". |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-08-29 20:49 |
| #7 My prescription: Plane tickets to the US, STAT! And file chages against the UK govt under the UN human rights charter (some lawyer ought to want that gig for hte money). What the hell is wrong - has Endgland gone stark raving collectivist mad? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-08-29 18:10 |
| #6 Maybe the crime can be made to fit the punishment. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-08-29 17:16 |
| #5 What Muslims do to their kids is just religious teaching, not emotional harm, so it's ok. /sarcasm |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-08-29 17:09 |
| #4 If likelihood to inflict emotional harm was the issue there would be no childen left with muslim parents in England. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-08-29 15:58 |
| #3 "Can I plead 'fuck you'?" |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-08-29 15:31 |
| #2 Good Gawd. Go read the comments at this story. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-08-29 11:55 |
| #1 Ms. Lyon should catch the next plane out of the country. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2007-08-29 11:40 |