Kevin Franke and Shari Franke: Child abuse is a serious problem in Utah. We cannot solve it with the status quo.

How do we balance the rise in severe child abuse while protecting parental rights? Well-defined red flag child welfare laws.

(MANICPROJECT; Melanie Rice) Shari Franke, left, and Kevin Franke.

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