“Using a drug doesn’t tell you what kind of person someone is or how they may parent. A drug test is not a parenting test, and the idea that it could function as such is a function of white supremacy. There is no good/bad parent binary. The test and report protocol fails to account for any nuance. It fails to account for people as people.” -Nathalia Gibbs, Lighthouse Learning Collective Child “protective” services are part of the carceral state and causes considerable harm in our communities. It’s not designed to prevent nor heal the harms that Black and brown families have experienced for decades. Follow Movement for Family Power to stay updated on their work in support of a series of bills that will let parents know their rights at the beginning of any CPS investigation, increase access to legal assistance, and demand that hospitals obtain informed consent prior to drug testing parents and their newborns. #ReimagineSupport
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