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WUNRN
posts this release for the human rights, health, safety, and dignity of
THE GIRL CHILD.
Direct Link to Full 20-Page Report:
USA - CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
DEATHS REPORT
By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY
October
21, 2009
More
than 10,000 children died from abuse or neglect in the United States from 2001
through 2007, a report released today says.
The U.S. death rate is more than double the rate in France, Canada, Japan, Germany, Great Britain and Italy, countries that have less teen pregnancy, violent crime and poverty, according to the report by the Every Child Matters Education Fund, a non-partisan advocacy group.
"It's
heart-wrenching that each day in America, five children will die from abuse and
neglect, but what's worse is that the real number is even larger," as much
as 50% higher, says says Michael Petit, the fund's president. He says the
deaths get too little public attention.................................
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