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Hospitals Seizing Custody Rights To Children
You could lose custody of your children if doctors or hospital staff don’t approve of your parenting methods or medical decisions. There have been a number of cases in recent years where doctors and social workers have conspired to strip parents of their rights and their children.
The newest pretext for taking children from parents is called “medical child abuse.” Medical child abuse means that a parent is subjecting a child to unnecessary medical treatment for an imaginary illness. Here’s how US News & World Report writer Peter Off described medical child abuse: “It seems to simply be a catch-all phrase doctors can use to threaten uncooperative parents who disagree with their recommendations for treatment.”
Hospitals Try to Take Parental Custody
Medical child abuse was the pretext that doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital and state social workers used to take Justina Pelletier, 15, away from her parents and place her in a locked psychiatric ward. Justina’s parents lost custody of her in Massachusetts even though they are residents of Connecticut. On Monday, the girl was ordered by a judge to be moved into foster care. Her mother fainted upon hearing the news in court.
The Boston Globe reported that there were at least five cases in which Boston Children’s Hospital tried to strip parents of custody.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/2014/02/25/hospitals-seizing-custody-rights-to-children/
