F.R.A.M.E is an acronym for Family Rights and Medical Equity and was derived in part from the perception that many parents accused of medically substantiated forms of child abuse have been treated in a less than equitable way by health professionals and child protection officers. In such cases, individual parents or families believe that their rights have not observed and they have been denied natural justice. 

Still others  feel that they have been ‘framed’, accused of these forms of child abuse to cover up for the medical mismanagement of their children, in order to advance the careers of certain self-professed ‘experts’ in the field, or to cover up for environmental causes of damage to their children such as the use of chemical sprays and childhood vaccinations. Frequently, parents are coerced into  'confessing' to such accusations in order to retain custody of their children or to ensure supervised access to their child(ren).

F.R.A.M.E is committed to protecting children and their families from these practitioners and the injustices that proliferate in the child protection, legal and judicial systems by showing how some health practitioners, specialty based units, and hospitals confirm, notify and influence the investigative process of such cases by the child protection services. 

F.R.A.M.E is dedicated to:

• Forming supportive and informative state based, national and international networks between mothers/parents who have been accused of medically substantiated forms of child abuse and other interested third parties.

• Exposing vexatious and malicious notifications.

• Providing information to, and facilitating the education of all, key stakeholders which includes: child protection authorities, individual hospitals, Area and County Area Health services, government ministers, opposition government ministers, public interest groups, government watchdog organisations, and the media. 

• Exposing trends in accusations/confirmations and/or notifications of medically substantiated cases of child abuse.

• Facilitating group and individual counselling for children / mothers / fathers / parents / families.

• Recruiting members, fundraising and ensuring the spread of information to all members of F.R.A.M.E and other interested third parties.

• Exposing the common links between these children/women/parents via a national and international de-identified database.

• Conducting research.

• Formulating  educational documents/papers.

• Maintenance of  membership and notification databases.

• Gathering information about these forms of child abuse, and disseminating information by formal and informal experts in these fields.

• Reviewing, identifying, and lobbying for the change to deficient child protection policies and procedures, interagency and agency guidelines, and child protection laws.

• Advocating with, and on behalf of, individual parents/families and assisting them to obtain information and make their views known.

• Facilitate second opinions for children said to be suffering from medically substantiated forms of child abuse (Such as MSBP and Shaken Baby syndrome) .

• formulating alliances with individuals and organisations that have a sound history, and vested interest in the safety, welfare and well being of children and their families

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