Black couple reunited with newborn taken by authorities over medical treatment

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April 27, 2023

Char Adams, NBCBLK

Authorities returned baby Mila to Temecia and Rodney Jackson after nearly a month of protest.

Temecia and Rodney Jackson. Photo Credit – The AFIYA Center

A Black couple from the Dallas area was reunited with their 5-week-old baby after a tumultuous battle with authorities who took the child from the family’s home just days after her birth.

A photo on the Afiya Center’s Instagram profile shows Temecia Jackson, 38, cuddling her infant daughter, Mila, during their reunion last week. The moment ended a weekslong ordeal that began with a simple hospital visit.

“Mila is finally on her way back where she belongs. But this never should have happened in the first place,” Marsha Johnson, executive director of the Afiya Center, the Dallas-based reproductive justice organization that advocated for the family. “Systemic racism is the reason why Mila was separated from her family. Period.”

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