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Your Newborn Was Forcibly Taken by the Welfare State Because of a School Diagnosis

Disability, Parenthood and Social Work

Rachel Moore

Imagine waking up days after giving birth to find your baby missing from the hospital crib. This isn't a crime story—it's the reality for mothers with cognitive impairments in advanced welfare states like Austria. Dr. Rachel Moore's groundbreaking book, 'Disability, Parenthood and Social Work,' exposes how eugenics never died—it just rebranded as child welfare. We reveal the 'help trap' where asking for a math tutor gets your child legally removed, the myth of genetic risk (80% of learning difficulties aren't inherited), and how 69% of disabled women in institutions have their reproduction controlled. This video unpacks the systemic erasure of disabled parents, from forced contraception to custody removals that affect up to 50% of families. Watch to understand how the state weaponizes 'best interest' to destroy families—and why this threatens everyone's right to imperfect parenting.