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Creating an extra layer of government bureaucracy to solve a problem, however serious, rarely proves effective. Here's hoping the newly created Office of the Child Advocate is the exception that proves the rule. The position is part of a law overhauling the state's child welfare system. Other measures include increasing penalties for people who work with children and fail to report instances of suspected child abuse, establishment of a foster care registry to track the success of foster parents and a revision of the process for deciding when to end the lift of an abused child in state custody. The last measure was crafted in response to the case of Haleigh Poutre of Westfield, now 14, who fell into a coma after a severe beating. Her adoptive mother and stepfather were charged with assaulting her.............
A hopeful start for child welfare reform
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Rome, Italy (LifeNews.com) -- The family of Terri Schiavo is concerned about an Italian woman whose father has won the right form a court to subject her to a painful euthanasia death. They fear Eluana Englaro will be dehydrated and starved to death in the same way Terri's husband forced her to endure.
Englaro has been in what doctors term a vegetative state for 16 years and has received food and water through a feeding tube......
Terri Schiavo's Family Concerned About Italian Woman and Euthanasia Fight
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