More on Kerry Robertson ("Social services 'to take baby from teenager deemed too stupid to marry'")

This is something I wrote about before

This is taken from the Telegraph

She has now been warned that she will only be allowed a few hours with her baby, which is due in January, before it is taken into foster care.
After hearing the news, Miss Robertson, of Dunfermline, Fife, who is 26 weeks pregnant, said: “I couldn't believe it. I am so upset – I can't stop crying.”
Mr McDougall, an artist, said he wants to take on full responsibility for his son but claims that he is powerless because he is not married to Miss Robertson.
He added: “Social Services are ruining our lives. As we are not married – because social workers would not let us marry – it seems I have no rights as a dad at all.
“Kerry's gran is trying to apply for custody of Ben but social services have already told us it is unlikely she will be successful. We feel helpless.”

Luckily a slightly more recent report from GMTV suggest social services maybe backing down, but i still want people to know this is happening

Choice quotes from the video by Mark Goldring of Mencap

The starting point should be is it posible to keep the child with the family, and of course not just to look at Kerry, but to look at the support she also gets from her partner and from her wider circle of family and friends.

half of people with learning disabilities have their children taken into care, and we believe that many of those situations would be avoidable with relatively modest levels of support

People who are diferently abled need support in bringing their children up not punisment by having their children removed