One father who was acquitted of causing his son’s death said that Dr. Nancy Harper’s abuse diagnosis attached a stigma to him, caused him and his wife PTSD and robbed them of the chance to say a proper goodbye to their son.

https://www.propublica.org/article/child-abuse-pediatrician-nancy-harper-minnesota-shaken-baby-syndrome?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to sign a bill that bans anonymous complaints to the state child abuse hotline. The law would still maintain the confidentiality of callers.

The change comes in the wake of a 2023 ProPublica investigation that showed how the hotline had been weaponized by people endlessly calling in baseless allegations against exes or rivals.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-bans-anonymous-child-welfare-reports?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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