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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 ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jude Hudson | Hidden at Kedesh Maternity Home at 15, Jude Hudson had her daughter taken at birth in 1969 for forced adoption; she is applying to Victoria's redress scheme. | Adopted Historic forced adoption | Kew, VIC, Australia | 1969 |
| Neecha Dupuis | A nurse at The Ottawa Hospital warned that CAS would take Neecha's baby if he tested positive for cannabis; at discharge she was told she couldn't leave because CAS had 'red-flagged' her. | Baby Returned Kept her baby after an advocate intervened | Ottawa, ON, Canada | 2011 |
| Sara Gordon | Massachusetts DCF took a 19-year-old mother's daughter two days after birth because of her intellectual disability; federal investigators found the state violated her civil rights. | Foster Care State moving to terminate parental rights at the time | MA, United States | 2015 |
| E. (Gitxsan Mother) | Social workers seized a Gitxsan mother's premature newborn at BC Women's Hospital the day after an emergency caesarean; a lawyer fought and the baby was returned. | Returned After Court Action | Vancouver, BC, Canada | 2019 |
| Sheshatshiu Innu Mother (Son) | An Innu mother told an inquiry that while a nurse fed her newborn son she was sent outside for a cigarette, and when she came back he had been taken. | Foster Care | Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL, Canada | 2023 |
| Emma | A first-time South Australian mother says DCP took her baby the morning after a difficult birth, without ever telling her during pregnancy it had concerns. | Foster Care Strict supervised visits; working to regain guardianship | SA, Australia | 2024 |
| Hannah | A homeless mother living in a tent says Child Safety officers took her two-day-old baby from Redcliffe Hospital while she waited for social housing. | Case Ongoing Department preparing an assessment report | Redcliffe, QLD, Australia | 2026 |