Bill Of Rights And Government Abuse Children

The Bill of Rights protects us from government abuse and interference, however our individual and civil rights have constraints of their own. They are called laws and enforced by consequences. Otherwise what would compel us to be civil with one another. Let's take for example child abuse. Before the 1870's parent's raised their children as they saw fit. Often times when children were horrifically abused, beaten, raped and even murdered by their own parent's, the authorities did very little do ensure the safety of abused children. The American Society for the Cruelty prevention to Animals was in place for abused animals, however nothing existed for the protection of abused children.

At least not until 1874, when it was discovered that