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Foster care bill could allow for faster termination of parental rights - North Carolina Health News <br />https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2019/08/27/foster-care-bill-allows-faster-parental-rights-termination/[8/28/2019 9:53:12 AM] <br />Photo by drothamel, courtesy flickr creative commonsAugust 27, 2019 by Rose Hoban —Leave a Comment <br />Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email <br />Advocates point to new brain science on the importance of early childhood bonding, but those <br />involved in the child welfare system say it could allow for a too-easy severing of important <br />family connections. <br />By Rose Hoban <br />The way Rachel Lankford puts it, as a girl, she didn’t spend hours playing in the sandbox, <br />hoping to become addicted to opioids, or alcohol, or marijuana. <br />But she did. <br />Foster care bill could allow for faster termination of parental <br />rights <br />