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City-level estimates; country centres are used where a town cannot be located. Geography: GeoNames and Natural Earth.
| Mother / Alias ↕ | Quick summary ↕ | Outcome ↕ | Jurisdiction ↕ | Year ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alessandra Pacchieri | An Italian woman sectioned in Essex had her baby delivered by court-ordered caesarean under general anaesthetic; the baby was taken by Essex County Council and placed for adoption. | Adopted | Essex, ENG, United Kingdom | 2013 |
| Baby J's Mother (Staffordshire) | Staffordshire social workers took a six-hour-old baby from his married parents under an emergency protection order; the father's video of the removal was cleared for publication. | Foster Care | ENG, United Kingdom | 2013 |
| Annie Bertram | North Tyneside social workers took Annie's six-day-old son Huw into foster care with a plan for adoption; she fought and he came home at nearly nine months old. | Returned After Court Action Came home at nearly nine months old | North Tyneside, ENG, United Kingdom | 2014 |
| Lev Tahor Teenage Mother | Police at Calgary airport helped Chatham-Kent children's services apprehend a 17-year-old Lev Tahor mother and her five-month-old daughter under an Ontario order. | Foster Care | Chatham, ON, Canada | 2014 |
| Irvine Mum | North Ayrshire social workers took a mother's son three hours after a caesarean; a sheriff later found the social worker 'disliked' her and the evidence was plainly wrong. | Returned After Court Action Returned after seven months | Irvine, SCT, United Kingdom | 2015 |
| North Ayrshire Mother | Social workers took a baby three hours after his caesarean birth; a sheriff overturned the order, finding the evidence 'unsubstantiated' and possibly 'fabrication'. | Returned After Court Action | SCT, United Kingdom | 2015 |
| Kirklees Baby's Mother | Kirklees Council took a week-old baby from hospital after misleading a judge; the High Court found it breached the family's human rights and ordered damages. | Returned After Court Action Home after about three months | ENG, United Kingdom | 2017 |
| Hawke's Bay Mother (Son) | Police and Oranga Tamariki tried to uplift a 19-year-old Māori mother's seven-day-old son at Hawke's Bay Hospital under a without-notice order; midwives were locked out, but the uplift was stopped. | Baby Returned Uplift stopped; she kept her son | Hastings, HKB, New Zealand | 2019 |
| Peter's Mother (Jersey) | Jersey's Health Minister applied to take a newborn from his parents on the maternity ward; the Royal Court dismissed the 'draconian' order for lack of evidence. | Baby Returned Removal order refused; baby stayed with his parents | Jersey | 2019 |
| Rachel And Andrew | Oranga Tamariki uplifted a couple's fifth baby from the neonatal unit five hours after an emergency caesarean, citing 'hygiene issues' at home; all their children were taken at birth. | Foster Care | TKI, New Zealand | 2019 |
| Teenage Mother With An Intellectual Disability | NSW DCJ planned months before the birth to take a teenage mother's son at birth and stop her breastfeeding; the Children's Court threw the case out. | Returned After Court Action Back with his mother within days | NSW, Australia | 2020 |
| Jessie (Leeds) | After four children were taken into care, Jessie's fifth baby Freddie was removed at birth under an interim care order; she turned her life around and won him back. | Returned After Court Action | Leeds, ENG, United Kingdom | 2023 |
| Kristen Clark-Hassell | Georgia's DFCS took Kristen's baby 'off my breast in the hallway' after a court hearing, relying on drug tests from a lab later accused of up to 30% inaccurate results. | Foster Care | Savannah, GA, United States | 2025 |
| Vermont Mother (Aclu Lawsuit) | Vermont's DCF obtained custody before the baby was born, and hospital staff took the newborn before her mother could hold her. | Unknown | VT, United States | 2025 |
| Autistic Mother In Dublin | Tusla took an autistic mother's newborn son in Dublin after a social worker admitted including 'unfounded' allegations in referrals to mother and baby units; hospital staff called her 'caring, calm and competent'. | Foster Care | Dublin, Ireland | 2026 |
| Keira Alexandra Kronvold | A Greenlandic mother in Denmark had her newborn daughter Zammi taken two hours after birth, after a Danish 'parenting competency' test. | Foster Care High court ruled the removal illegal in May 2026; Zammi was still with a foster family | Thisted, North Jutland, Denmark | 2026 |