Maine Supreme Court Rules… Children Can be Vaccinated by the State Against Will of Parents

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Maine Supreme Court Rules… Children Can be Vaccinated by the State Against Will of Parents

October 9th, 2015

Awake Goy

Four out of five Supreme Court justices in the State of Maine think that
parental rights concerning vaccination are moot in the event that the

State takes custody of a child. ~ Ethan A Huff

In a landmark ruling that sets a dire
precedent for health freedom, the Court decided in a recent case that a
mother whose child was taken into custody by the State of Maine no
longer has authority to opt out of vaccinations for her own child.

Reiterating
why we need a constitutional amendment that clearly delineates the
fundamental right of parents to make health decisions for their own
children.

The Court declared that the statutory rights of parents are
terminable at will, even when there’s no “clear and convincing evidence”
that such rights need to be revoked for a child’s safety.

Under
Maine State law, a mother’s parental rights must first be legally
terminated before the state is allowed to assume guardianship over a
child.

The validity of such termination is predicated on certain
requirements being met on a case-by-case basis before the State is
allowed to start making outlying health decisions concerning a child’s
welfare.

In this case, however, the State of Maine decided to
override the mother’s statutory rights based on a negligence
determination that had nothing whatsoever to do with the child’s
vaccination status.

A Lower Court had earlier decided that the mother’s
child was in danger due to the mother’s boyfriend, which had nothing to
do with whether or not the child was vaccinated. Nevertheless, a judge
ordered that the Child Welfare department administer vaccines to the
child against the mother’s will.

The mother tried to appeal this
decision, but she was ultimately shut down. In a 4-1 decision, the Maine
Supreme Court ruled that the mother has no right to appeal the judge’s
orders unless her appeal deals specifically with the custody decision.

In other words, once a child is taken into custody by the State, a judge
– and not the child’s mother or legal guardian – is granted full
authority to make medical decisions for that child.

“The
Department’s decision to vaccinate Z.S. (the child in question) is a
final decision that forever precludes the mother from exercising her
statutory right to opt out,” stated the Honorable Joseph M. Jabar, the
one dissenting judge.

“In ordering the Department to vaccinate Z.S. over
the mother’s objections, the court effectively terminated this
statutory parental right without any hearing or any decision arrived at
by clear and convincing evidence.”

“This refusal to require that
the ‘terms of the order’ recognize and adhere to parental rights
established in statutory law provides a dire warning to any parent in
Maine.

“If the state takes your child, the judge has very broad
discretion to place in any custody decision that goes against you orders
beyond the scope of the original case,” reports ParentalRights.org.