Rodney Jackson again declined to open the door, and the officers departed the home again. Documents show that a program director from DFPS approved removal of the four-day-old baby.

Rodney and Temecia Jackson of DeSoto, Texas, regained custody of their daughter, Mila, on April 20 following a nearly month-long battle with the state’s Child Protective Services, ...

Over two weeks ago Meci and Rodney Jackson’s newborn baby, Mila, was taken away from their home against the couple’s will by CPS and assisted by Dallas County Constables in DeSoto, Texas ...

Black parents Temecia and Rodney Jackson are alleging their decision to have a home birth and treat their newborn at home for jaundice ignited a tragic chain reaction, with Mr. Jackson being ...

Temecia and Rodney Jackson speak to protestors outside the Department of Family and Protective Services building in Dallas April 13, 2023. They say their newborn daughter Mila was wrongfully taken ...

Temecia and Rodney Jackson say their newborn daughter Mila was wrongfully taken into Child Protective Services custody days after she was born. Local reproductive rights activists are demanding ...

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 ...