House Bill 3331 clarifies statutory guidelines and thresholds that CPS and the courts rely upon for removing children and potentially seeking termination of parental rights. The statutory clarifications in this legislation are designed to avoid traumatizing children through unnecessary removal from their homes and ensure that the fundamental constitutional rights of children and parents are respected.
A Crisis in Dignity
The Texas Attorney General’s Office announced this week that it was intervening in a case involving McKenna West, an Alaskan woman who was paid to carry a child for another couple. The couple commanded her to undergo a late-term abortion after an ultrasound revealed her baby boy, who she calls Gabriel, had a treatable heart condition. McKenna...