Article snippet: Posted at 8:00 pm on July 20, 2017 by Andrea Ruth A couple in Redmond, Oregon has been fighting for nearly four years to get the state’s Department of Human Services to give them their two children (ages 4 years and 5 months) back. Amy Fabbrini, 31, and Eric Ziegler, 38, had their first son, Christopher, taken away shortly after he was born in 2013. Their second son, Hunter, was taken from his parents as a newborn infant from the hospital earlier this year. Events that would devastate any parent. And why? Because Fabbrini and Ziegler have below average IQs. Fabbrini’s IQ is 72 and Ziegler’s is 66. The average is between 90 and 110. No abuse was found by officials, nor neglect. Officials in the state simply decided they were not intellectually capable of caring for their children, despite Fabbrini having two older children she cared for with her first husband. Fabbrini told The Oregonian, Ever since their son Christopher was taken from them almost four years ago, the couple has done everything they can to prove they are fit parents. They’ve completed state-approved parenting classes, and CPR and nutrition classes through the non-profit MountainStar, the Women, Infants and Children agency, Healthy Families of the High Desert, and other agencies. But rather than build a support system around the parents, the state has opted to simply take the children away, allowing only supervised visits, and putting the boys in foster care. Despite Fabbrini’s father being overtly... Link to the full article to read more