Michigan Votes Forum

Introduced in the Senate on February 7, 2007, to give the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services access to the state's central registry of serious child abuse cases for the purpose of complying with Federal law. (The abuse categories are described here)

The vote was 37 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 26 at Senate Journal 22)

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It is this kind of legislation that takes guys who take a leak out on a country road somewhere and puts them in the same category as hard core child molesters and rapists. Forever festooned on a blackball list. Way to go, Sandborn! How about modifying the "structured decision-making tool" so that it doesn't discriminate against the poor and minorities? But I'm glad that now, our hard working legislators are seeking ways to further harvest children from less than perfect parents. Here's a news flash, why not just CRIMINALIZE child abuse and ENFORCE IT? Oh wait, it already is criminalized! This is yet another Big Brother attempt to patch a hole in a system that is broken because it's not implemented like it should be. I'm ashamed to be a Republican!

to enforce the laws. you can't get the abused kids to complain on their abusers. you can't seem to find these cases in the courtrooms. maybe, just maybe, the problem, as serious as it is, is not as FREQUENTLY COMMITTED as we have been told.

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