A Black couple in metro Dallas whose newborn baby was taken away by the state in 2023 after they elected to have their midwife treat the child for jaundice instead of taking her to an emergency room has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS).
The lawsuit , obtained by Atlanta Black Star, filed in Travis County District Court on April 22, challenges several of the agency’s policies that it says threaten the parents’ constitutional and statutory rights, cause them undue stress and fear, and diminish their day-to-day lives.
A few days after Temecia and Rodney Jackson’s daughter Mila was born at home under the care of Cheryl Edinbyrd, a licensed Texas midwife, in March 2023, they took her to see the pediatrician who had treated their other two children for 12 years, Dr. Anand Bhatt…