When the system calls mothers “unstable”

Sometimes the system does not only fail women. It rewrites their pain as proof against them. In this clip, Heidi Giokos puts her finger on one of the darkest patterns in the conversation: mothers trying to protect themselves and their children are often pathologised in the process. Angela Jayne Bates confirms the point with chilling clarity. The result is a short but heavy moment about how distress gets misread, how survival gets framed as instability, and how quickly that distortion can shape outcomes for both mother and child. #eNCA

Watch the full episode here: https://www.enca.com/voices-change-when-justice-fails-mothers-and-children