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The Disparate Standards of Child Protective Services for Low-Income Families
Get Pregnant Fast Poverty, rather than abuse, often underlies many child removal cases. The child welfare system serves a crucial role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children, yet it also exemplifies systemic classism and racism. In a thought-provoking op-ed featured in the New York Times, family defense attorney Sarah Thompson sheds light on…