Strengthening Constitutional rights for children in foster care
ORIGIN: Darcy Olsen founded Gen Justice with her seventh foster baby in her arms. “I’d seen too much brokenness,” she said. “I had to believe there was a better way.” Olsen had just finished writing “The Right to Try,” leading a successful drive that resulted in a federal law giving people with terminal illnesses the right to try investigational medicines. “I understood hope, and I wanted to bring it to the children who needed it most,” she said. Olsen had seen a lot on her journey. “Foster care is not a Hallmark card,” she said. “The children we see have suffered the unspeakable.” One of her foster babies lived just 56 days.