The Case for Child Welfare Abolition
For decades, reformers have tried to fix our broken child protective services system. Is abolishing it an idea whose time has come?
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For decades, reformers have tried to fix our broken child protective services system. Is abolishing it an idea whose time has come?
LAST year a short clip by comedy trio Muriel She’s Asking For It became the most-watched BBC3 video on Facebook and Twitter, racking up a combined 45 million views in just 10 days. It shows two British lads in a cafe as one of them puts down a local tabloid on the counter. “That’s awful,” he says, pointing to the headline, ‘He Said She Said, University Sex Scandal’, with a splashy image of an ample bosomed young lady in tight jeans. His friend scoffs derisively: “Yeah, but look at what she’s wearing. She’s asking for it.” This insensitivity infuriates the waitresses who b...