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Removal timingAllAfter Discharge (First 28 Days)At Birth (Delivery Room)Before Birth (Pre-Birth Order Or Alert)First YearIn Hospital (First 7 Days)Not StatedOutcomeAllAdoptedBaby DiedBaby ReturnedCase OngoingFoster CarePlaced With KinReturned After Court ActionUnknownFirst NationsAllYesNoNot StatedYearAll202620252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120101972196919671966LocationAllAdelaideBasingstokeBethelBrandonBrisbaneBronxBurgosCalgaryCardiffChathamChicagoColorado SpringsCoventryDeSotoDublinDurhamEssexHappy Valley-Goose BayHastingsHuntsvilleIlfordIrvineJersey CityKamloopsKendallKewLeedsLondonMississaugaMitchells PlainNashvilleNew CastleNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideNottinghamOttawaPerthPittsburghPort AlberniPortage la PrairieRedcliffeRiversideSan AntonioSarasotaSaskatoonSavannahSurreyThistedValenciaVancouverVantaaVernonVictoriaVélez-MálagaWarsawWinnipegWorthingZanesvilleState / province / regionAllABAKALAndalusiaBCCACapital RegionCOENGFLGAHKBILMAMBMONCNJNLNorth JutlandNSNSWNTNYOHONPAQCQLDSASCTSKTKITNTXVVICVTWAWalesCountryAllAustralia (12)Canada (23)Denmark (2)Finland (1)Hungary (2)Ireland (2)Israel (1)Jersey (1)New Zealand (4)Poland (1)South Africa (1)Spain (3)United Kingdom (20)United States (28)

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Birth Alert / Hospital Alert Cannabis Use Cultural Or Racial Bias Alleged Domestic Violence Victim Drug Or Alcohol Test False-Positive Drug Test Home Birth Or Midwife Choice Homelessness Or Housing Immigration Or Detention Intellectual Or Learning Disability Medical Disagreement / Refused Treatment Mental Health Mother Grew Up In Care Mother In Prison Not Stated Other Parenting Capacity Test Physical Disability Poverty Prior Child Protection History Staff Felt Threatened Unexplained Injury Alleged Young Or Teen Mother

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Mother / Alias ↕	Quick summary ↕	Outcome ↕	Jurisdiction ↕	Year ↕
Esther Lopez-Sanchez	A Mexican mother in ICE detention says DCS kept her US-born daughter after she gave birth while in jail; she had the baby for two and a half days.	Foster Care	Nashville, TN, United States	2025