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Another week, another broadside in the propaganda war being waged against the nations child-protection system by the right wing press. And, as in any war, truth can be the first casualty.
The latest lopsided horror story concerns Fran Lyon, a pregnant 22-year-old who, according to the Sunday Telegraph, has been told that her baby will be taken from her [by Hexham social services] 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.
The Daily Mails coverage, while based on some facts, is also provocative it suggests the issue boils down to Whose baby is it anyway?. Both papers have been running stories for some weeks now in support of MP John Hemmings campaign to portray social workers as legal baby-snatchers.
Normally, issues of confidentiality mean that the validity of such stories cannot be tested, but thanks to unique circumstances Lyon herself has offered confidential details and documents relating to her case to journalists the published truths of this case can be examined in some detail.
Details failed to emerge
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