Shot forced on newborn over parents' objections

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This makes me ill and sad. ~A

 

LIFE WITH BIG BROTHER

Shot forced on newborn over parents' objections

 

Orwellian nightmare for 'persecuted' couple

as armed guards ensure infant's vaccination

 

Posted: June 18, 2003

1:00 a.m. Eastern

 

 

By Diana Lynne

© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

What was supposed to be a joyous occasion – the birth of their first

child – turned out to be an Orwellian nightmare for a young Colorado

couple whose newborn was vaccinated for hepatitis B over their

religious and philosophical objections, while armed guards stood by

to prevent them from intervening.

 

" It makes me feel like the country I live in is no better than

communist China or the old Soviet Union or Nazi Germany, and that's a

very sobering and scary outlook, " the father, who does not want to be

named, told WorldNetDaily.

 

The saga of " Baby M, " as the family calls her to protect her privacy,

started with an emergency Caesarean section at St. Mary's Hospital in

in Grand Junction, Colo., on April 2. The couple, who has no medical

insurance, had attempted to home birth but wound up rushing to the

emergency room after the baby's position went transverse.

 

" Baby M " was born without complication. But as the new parents were

basking in the afterglow of the birth, a neonatal doctor informed

them a vaccination was in order for the baby and pressured the couple

to sign a consent form.

 

" He told me the initial screening test [on the mother] had come back

positive for hepatitis B. I told him that was impossible, " said the

father. " And he said, 'Well, I didn't think it was very likely either

so I had them run it again and I'll probably get those test results

back soon. If those test results come back positive again, then I'm

going to have to vaccinate the baby.' "

 

According to the couple's personal physician, the screening test

gives a false-positive 40 to 60 percent of the time.

 

A call for comment from the neonatal physician was not returned.

 

After the second test also came back positive, the doctor insisted

the couple sign the consent form. Citing text he referenced in a

medical guide, he informed the parents that the baby must be

vaccinated within 12 hours of birth, if the mother has hepatitis B.

 

Said the father: " We said that we weren't going to authorize him to

do so because we did not believe she had hepatitis B and that we

believe vaccinations would not be good for the baby even if she did,

based upon our religious convictions and also medical evidence. "

 

While not eschewing modern medicine, the couple prefers to avoid it

when possible and has a strong conviction against vaccinations.

 

" We believe in God, and that God has created us in his image. In

being created in God's image, we are given his perfect immune system.

We are bestowed with His gift, the immune system. We believe it is

sacrilegious and a violation of our sacred religious beliefs to

violate what God has given us by showing a lack of faith in God.

Immunizations are a lack of faith in God and His protection, the

immune system, " the father maintains.

 

Vaccination danger

 

The couple had also done extensive research into the potential

serious dangers of vaccinations.

 

WorldNetDaily reported last week that various studies indicate there

is epidemiological evidence of a link between neurodevelopmental

disorders and mercury exposure from childhood vaccines. Many medical

experts suspect vaccines may be behind a growing epidemic of autism

in American children. According to data provided by the U.S.

Department of Education, most states experienced a doubling of the

rate of children diagnosed with full-syndrome autism over the past

few years.

 

" U.S. infants are exposed to mercury levels from their childhood-

immunization schedule that far exceed the EPA [Environmental

Protection Agency] and FDA [Food and Drug Administration]-established

maximum permissible levels for the daily oral ingestion of methyl

mercury, " wrote Dr. Mark Geier, president of the Genetic Centers of

America, in a recently published study in the Journal of American

Physicians and Surgeons.

 

According to Geier, the EPA limit is 0.1 micrograms of mercury per

kilogram body weight per day.

 

" It doesn't take a genius to do the calculations when on their day of

birth children are given the hepatitis B vaccine, which is 12.5

micrograms of mercury, " Geier told Insight magazine. " The average

newborn weighs between six and seven pounds, so they would be allowed

0.3 micrograms of mercury – but in this one shot they are getting

12.5 micrograms. That's 39 times more than allowed by law. "

 

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12,000

infants are infected with hepatitis B every year by their mother

during birth. Infants and children who become infected with hepatitis

B are at the highest risk of developing life-long infection, which

often leads to death from liver disease and liver cancer.

Approximately 25 percent of children who become infected with life-

long hepatitis are expected to die of a related disease as adults.

 

The National Network for Immunization Information, or NNii, a

resource for parents recommended by the American Academy of

Pediatrics, or AAP, maintains the vaccine is " safe. "

 

NNii addresses the risk of mercury in the vaccine in a fact sheet

posted on its website. It explains that Thimerosal, a derivative of

mercury, has been used in " small amounts " as a preservative in some

vaccine and states " there is no evidence that any child has been

harmed by exposure to the amounts of Thimerosal in vaccines. "

 

" In addition, the risk of disease from not immunizing a child is

greater than the risk of exposure to low levels of mercury in

Thimerosal-containing vaccines, " the fact sheet states, but then adds

the U.S. Public Health Service and the AAP recommended reducing or

eliminating the use of Thimerosal-containing vaccines " to make safe

vaccines even safer. "

 

NNii states " infants are at high risk for hepatitis B infection if

their mothers are infected with the virus " and recommends these

infants be given the hepatitis B vaccine " within 12 hours of birth. "

 

NNii adds that most children who become infected with hepatitis B are

born to mothers who are not infected with hepatitis B, and as a

result, further recommends all children be vaccinated.

 

The AAP recommends the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine be

administered to infants born to infected mothers " before they leave

the hospital. "

 

'Emergency' hearing

 

Faced with opposition from the parents over the vaccination of " Baby

M, " the doctor called in hospital social service worker Joni Vohs,

who reportedly threatened the parents with the loss of custody of

their baby if they did not comply with the vaccination schedule.

 

Next, hospital administrators called in attorneys who persuaded Chief

District Court Judge Charles Buss to hold an emergency, after-hours

hearing at the hospital on the basis that the baby's life would be in

danger if she was not vaccinated within hours. The family was given

15 minutes' notice of the hearing and was unable to secure competent

legal help in time.

 

As the father describes it, he went up against a 10-person panel of

attorneys, social workers, hospital administrators and the doctor who

argued for the immediate vaccination.

 

The father pleaded for second opinions. He also pleaded for the judge

to wait for the results of a more confirmatory test which were

scheduled to arrive in 16 hours.

 

During the four-hour hearing, the father cited the Constitution, the

Declaration of Independence and Colorado revised statute, which

states there are religious, medical and philosophical exemptions to

medical treatment.

 

Rather than share the 19-year-old's passion for U.S. constitutional

history, the lawyers reportedly mocked him.

 

" When I was reading, the lawyers were whispering back and forth

almost laughing at me, " the father told WorldNetDaily. " In

retrospect, reminding them of the Constitution hurt me more than it

helped. "

 

The judge ruled the baby should be vaccinated immediately and also

ordered her put into protective custody with the Mesa County

Department of Human Services, which the parents were told meant

social-service agents had the ability to intervene in the medical

treatment of the baby at any time and could take physical custody of

the baby if deemed necessary to " protect the child's best interests. "

 

A call for comment from Buss was referred to judicial administrator

Judy Vanderleest. Vanderleest told WorldNetDaily the judge would not

comment on the case. She also said the emergency, after-hours hearing

held at the hospital was the first such hearing held that she could

remember.

 

Matt Weber, an attorney who represented St. Mary's Hospital told

WorldNetDaily he was " not authorized to speak on behalf of the

hospital on this case. "

 

With armed guards lining the ICU, the first of three ordered

vaccinations was administered to the baby. According to the family's

physician, the baby immediately exhibited the typical side effects of

the vaccine.

 

A day later, the third hepatitis B screening on the mom came back

negative.

 

By the time the second shot was due to be administered, the father

had succeeded in persuading county social worker Dan Overmeyer the

vaccination posed more risk than good for the baby's health.

Overmeyer opted to not administer any more shots and recommended the

release of " Baby M " from protective custody.

 

Overmeyer was unavailable for comment.

 

While the baby appears to be doing fairly well, the parents fear the

damage is already done, and can only wait and wonder when the adverse

effects of the vaccine will appear.

 

" Most of the doctors that I've talked to from around the country that

know about vaccinations have said that it takes months and sometimes

years for things to show up, " the father told WorldNetDaily. " The

scary thing is that there are babies that just die out of the blue

supposedly for no reason. ... There's a lot of evidence that these

SIDS [sudden Infant Death Syndrome] victims are actually a result of

vaccination. "

 

The Institute of Medicine, a medical research organization that

provides health information to the government, released a report last

March that concluded all available evidence shows no link between

vaccines and unexplained infant deaths.

 

Religious persecution?

 

Having recently graduated from college with an associate's degree in

telecommunications engineering, the father has now launched a

campaign to alert expecting parents about his family's ordeal. He

posted their story online with a link to an article outlining the

research behind the dangers of vaccinations.

 

" I want [parents] to know that their rights are no longer being

upheld by our government, " he said. " If people don't speak out and

voice their disapproval and talk to their congressman and make a big

deal out of things like this then we will find ourselves very soon in

a sort of police state where we have no individual freedoms and the

government tells us what to do, what not to do and basically raises

our children for us. "

 

The website includes a link for readers to make contributions to a

legal defense fund. The family hopes to raise sufficient funds to sue

the hospital. They feel both the hospital staff and the judge

persecuted them for their religious conviction against vaccinations.

 

" The doctor and hospital thought we would be easy targets as we were

young and penniless. They do not like people who try to avoid the

system and they don't like anyone to question whether or not their

practices are truly in the best interests of the patient, " the father

said. " Our aim in legal action would be to get a precedent that

protects families from this ever happening again. "

 

Kim Williams, the director of marketing at St. Mary's Hospital

declined to discuss the case, citing the Health Insurance Portability

and Accountability Act of 1996, which outlines patient-

confidentiality rules.

 

Social worker Joni Vohs adamantly denied the hospital would persecute

anyone over their religious beliefs or discriminate against them

because of a lack of insurance.

 

" St. Mary's is a Catholic hospital. We treat everybody regardless of

their ability to pay. It's a very compassionate and caring place. "

 

After stressing she was bound by confidentiality rules not to discuss

the details, Vohs said the " Baby M " case triggered her recollection

of another case in which a 13-year-old girl died a " very slow death "

because the family belonged to a church that " believed in prayers

over medical treatment " and failed to seek treatment for her until

she was almost dead.

 

" Having worked in child protection for 25 years, to allow a child to

suffer or die a horrible death is child abuse, " Vohs told

WorldNetDaily.

 

Colorado legislators passed a law as a result of that case which

allows the court to step in and override parents' religious beliefs

in the event of a medical emergency. Vohs said this law was applied

to the " Baby M " case.

 

" The hospital doesn't do anything on a whim. There's a lot of steps

that need to be taken. There was a legal hearing ... and the law was

followed, " she said.

 

She also added that the family's story posted online " stretches and

alters " the truth in the case.

 

" Baby M's " father argues there was no emergency and emphasizes that

had the staff simply waited the 16 hours for the third, more

confirmatory test of the mother's blood to come back negative, the

entire " nightmare " could have been avoided.

 

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33124

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All newborn babies in America are "required" to have a Hep B vaccine within 12 hours of birth and boostered on a schedule throughout their first years. And this is not the only one. They get polio, mumps, measels, chicken pox, RSV, and on and on.... They just added a new one this year I think. The social services tried to take my Benjamin from me when he was born as well so I know how the parents of the child in the article feel. Never did get my dad to tell me what exactly he said to the social worker. Whatever is was she reversed her gears so fast we could smell the oil burning hehehehe!

 

Janet

 

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ErinJC23

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Friday, July 18, 2003 8:56 PM

Re: [herbal remedies] Shot forced on newborn over parents' objections

If you have a year to get the vaccine (as the doctors said it in the article) why were they in such a hurry then?Erin Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

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Hello all,

 

I'm new to this group and a friend of Doc's and wanted to add something

to this subject. There are forms you can get, through whatever government

entity governs it in your state, which you fill out and file that has to do

with your religious beliefs regarding shots and immunization. It's whatever

group regulates school immunizations etc. So there is a way around this

" law " .

 

My personal comments: Wow... unbelievable how many ways the government

can find to violate ones rights, yeesh!

 

Zeb

 

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earthmothergypsy <earthmothergypsy

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Saturday, July 19, 2003 3:28 PM

[herbal remedies] Re: Shot forced on newborn over parents'

objections

 

 

> I second that!

> ~A

>

> " > Over my dead body "

> > Becky

> >

> > All newborn babies in America are " required " to have a Hep B

> vaccine within 12 hours of birth and boostered on a schedule

> throughout their first years

> >

> >

> >

> >

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>

>

>

> Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following:

> 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire.

> 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural

remedy.

> 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and

to

> prescribe for your own health.

> We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long

as

> they behave themselves.

> Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any

person

> following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk.

> It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from

list members, you are agreeing to

> be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and

members free of any liability.

>

> Dr. Ian Shillington

> Doctor of Naturopathy

> Dr.IanShillington

>

>

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Hello Yourself,

Would you (or anyone else on here) happen to know what that form is called.

I am sure they won't offer it up when the time comes...

Thanks,

Angel

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Zeb Sims

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Saturday, July 19, 2003 7:22 PM

Re: [herbal remedies] Re: Shot forced on newborn over parents' objections

Hello all, I'm new to this group and a friend of Doc's and wanted to add somethingto this subject. There are forms you can get, through whatever governmententity governs it in your state, which you fill out and file that has to dowith your religious beliefs regarding shots and immunization. It's whatevergroup regulates school immunizations etc. So there is a way around this"law".

[Guest guest]

HI Angel

check this link out.

http://www.mercola.com/article/vaccines/legally_avoid_shots.htm

 

Pam

 

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Angel Darling...

 

I just found the form (I'm in charge of them and work for a private school in the boonies). They are called "School Immunization Refusal Form" and the other form you can ask for prior to any type of immunization (not just for school) is called "Religious Exemption From Immunization". It's attainable through the department of health (I'm told by the parent who introduced t to me that she had to go to the department directly) and it's pretty cool. You just have to do footwork to get it. There are several religious bodies that don't believe in shots etc. and the way has been paved already but I'm sure as you mentioned so kindly that they will try to drag you through the mud to get it. Hope this helps. Each individual state has their own form and so far Floridians have had the easiest time of it that I know of.

 

Zeb

 

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Anjeweleyes

herbal remedies

Saturday, July 19, 2003 8:09 PM

Re: [herbal remedies] Re: Shot forced on newborn over parents' objections

 

Hello Yourself,

Would you (or anyone else on here) happen to know what that form is called.

I am sure they won't offer it up when the time comes...

Thanks,

Angel

All incoming and outgoing scanned with NAV for both our protection.

 

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Zeb Sims

herbal remedies

Saturday, July 19, 2003 7:22 PM

Re: [herbal remedies] Re: Shot forced on newborn over parents' objections

Hello all, I'm new to this group and a friend of Doc's and wanted to add somethingto this subject. There are forms you can get, through whatever governmententity governs it in your state, which you fill out and file that has to dowith your religious beliefs regarding shots and immunization. It's whatevergroup regulates school immunizations etc. So there is a way around this"law". Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

[Guest guest]

I also lie if we end up in the ER. I'm not about to give them another reason to patronize me.

 

 

Dragonhealer [dragonhealing] Monday, July 21, 2003 1:16 PMherbal remedies Subject: Re: [herbal remedies] Re: Shot forced on newborn over parents' objections

No, they will try to slip them the shots though. When I took Ben in 2 weeks ago for a deep cut on his finger, they asked and I said yes just to avoid that. Sometimes it is easier dance out of the trap then bulldoze through...

 

Janet

 

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Anjeweleyes

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Saturday, July 19, 2003 8:20 PM

Re: [herbal remedies] Re: Shot forced on newborn over parents' objections

 

You know, when ever you take your child to the ER for just about anything, one of the first questions is the child caught up on immunizations...

I used to think they were ruling out some disease that these things are supposed to prevent, but now I am wondering if they are ruling out a "back fire" if you will, of the immunizations...

Angel

All incoming and outgoing scanned with NAV for both our protection.

Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington