Texans for Midwifery

"At the time, the Jackson family’s pediatrician reported the parents to child protective services in Texas, questioning their ability to properly care for Mila’s serious jaundice level using their midwife instead of going to a hospital." - The 19th* News reports

Texas CPS took a newborn for three weeks. Now the family is suing. The legal complaint, filed Tuesday by the Jackson family alongside the ACLU, focuses on how the family was treated after their baby, Mila, was returned from foster care.

https://19thnews.org/2023/04/texas-newborn-mila-jackson-parents-reunite-foster-care/

Texas newborn is headed home after custody fight involving race, midwifery and the child welfare system Child Protective Services removed Mila Jackson from her home and placed her in foster care for 23 days after her parents chose their midwife’s care over a hospital.