Parents in Michigan lost custody of their 6-week-old son after a doctor observed marks on the baby’s abdomen and reported them as “diagnostic of physical abuse.”

Texas lawmakers have called for stronger safeguards in the state’s child welfare system and to create an avenue for accused families to seek a second opinion before the state removes children from their homes.

A Texas family claims they lost custody of their children after doctors misdiagnosed their sick infant as being abused — a diagnosis that later turned out to be incorrect.

A class-action lawsuit was filed last week in the Northern District of Illinois against the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), its agents, and several doctors and nurses in area hospitals, including Silver Cross, University of Chicago Medical Center, and Christ Hospital, on behalf of families whose babies were seized because parents exercised informed consent and refused vaccines or antibiotic eye ointment at birth.

Doctors trained to spot child abuse can save lives. But when they get it wrong, families are torn apart.

BATH, Maine — A Maine father has been pardoned nearly five years after being accused of abusing his infant son.

SARASOTA — Maya Kowalski’s only problem when she entered Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital was a severe stomachache. By the time the preteen left the St. Petersburg facility three months later, her condition had deteriorated, her family was shattered and her mother was dead.

It’s too easy for innocent parents to get caught up in the child-protection system, and too difficult to then get out unscathed.

Julie Rea was convicted of killing her 10-year-old son largely on the testimony of bloodstain-pattern analysts. She was later acquitted and exonerated, joining a growing community of Americans wrongly convicted with bad science.

Julie Rea was convicted of killing her 10-year-old son largely on the testimony of bloodstain-pattern analysts. She was later acquitted and exonerated, joining a growing community of Americans wrongly convicted with bad science.