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When child-snatchers attack: the best way to keep children safe and to prevent the Total State from abolishing the family is to de-federalize child protection.(The Family)(removal of children from family by child protection agencies)(Cover Story)

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| August 11, 2003 | Grigg, William Norman | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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In the early 1990's, the National Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse circulated a bumper sticker claiming that child abuse is "An American Tradition"--not an occasional tragedy, or a persistent problem, mind you, but a tradition. That glib sound bite reflects a worldview in which abuse of women and children occur inevitably because of the traditional, patriarchal home.

The wages of that worldview are on display every day as tens of thousands of American families are shredded by false accusations of child abuse. In any state of the union, a single anonymous tip on a federally mandated "hot line" is sufficient to justify agents of the ...

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