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False Allegations of Child Abuse
prepubertal child, or cervix in an adolescent female assuming that perinatal tarnsmission
has been ruled out
● Positive culture for herpes simplex type 2, from genital or anal lesions
● Trichomonas infection, diagnosed by wet mount or culture from vaginal swab, if perinatal
transmission has been ruled out
Definite evidence of abuse or sexual contact
● Clear physical evidence fo blunt force or penetrating trauma with no history of accident
● Finding sperm or seminal fluid in or on a child's body
● Pregnancy
● Positive, confirmed cultures for N. gonorrhea from vaginal, urethral, anal, or pharyngeal
source
● Evidence of syphilis acquired after delivery (i.e., not perinatally acquired)
● Cases where photographs or videotape show a child being abused
● HIV infection, with no possibility of perinatal transmission or transmission via blood
produts or contaminated needles
Please click here to see the Adams 2003 classification, as it was originally placed online
by the medical students at Harvard.
Normal hymen anatomy: Pediatrics 89: 387, 1992.
Google on false allegations
"Have we been misled?"
falseallegations.com
falseabuse.com
American Family Physician
J.J.Johnston, Esq. handles sex crimes in Southern California
Elaine Lehman, FAST, False Allegations Solutions Team, 4514 Baptist Road, Taneytown,
Maryland 21787, Phone 410-756-9067; FAX 410-756-9068. I am told the group does not
charge.
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