Posted on 08/29/2021 9:16:26 PM PDT by Mount Athos
A Chicago mother is appealing a court order that revoked her parental visiting rights because she declined to be vaccinated against the coronavirus .
When Rebecca Firlit and her ex-husband of seven years participated in a child support hearing via video call on Aug. 10 for the purpose of determining the terms of shared custody of their 11-year-old son, Cook County Judge James Shapiro inquired about Firlit's vaccination status. After Firlit told the judge she did not receive the vaccine because of adverse reactions she has had to other vaccines , he ordered her to be stripped of her parental right to visit her son until she has been vaccinated.
"I think that it’s wrong. I think that it’s dividing families. And I think it’s not in my son's best interest to be away from his mother," Firlit told local Fox-affiliate WFLD.
Firlit, who has spoken with her son on the phone and through video calls, hasn't visited in person in over two weeks in compliance with the judge's order.
"It had nothing to do with what we were talking about," she said of her vaccination status. "He was placing his views on me and taking my son away from me."
Firlit's attorney, Annette Fernholz, said the issue was not within Shapiro's purview.
"You have to understand the father did not even bring this issue before the court. So, it’s the judge on his own and making this decision that you can’t see your child until you’re vaccinated," Fernholz said.
Jeffrey Leving, who represents the boy's father, expressed surprise by Shapiro's decision but said they were supportive.
"There are children who have died because of COVID. I think every child should be safe, and I agree that the mother should be vaccinated," Leving said.
In recent weeks, debates have raged about necessary protocols to prevent transmission of COVID-19 as students throughout the country prepare to return to in-person instruction in the fall. While some states, such as New York, have moved toward mandating masks in schools and implementing vaccine requirements for educators, others, including Florida, have banned the practices, which their leaders say infringe on personal freedoms.
The United States has experienced more than 38 million cases of COVID-19, with 52% of the population fully vaccinated against the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
So as a master of the universe he gets to keep her child away from her until she goes against her medical best interests. Did he even have the right to ask? What about the ADA? Couldn’t a tendency to adverse reactions to vaccines be considered a disability?
Whats next for this judge? Experimental tests on Tuskegee Airmen?
Call holding on line one regarding Nuremberg trial....
Jeffrey Leving, who represents the boy’s father: “There are children who have died because of COVID. I think every child should be safe, and I agree that the mother should be vaccinated,”
CDC data shows 385 children ages 0-17 have died of COVID in the 20 months lf the pandemic in the entire USA. In the same 20 months, 50,000 children ages 0-17 have died of all causes.
Get ready America, they are coming for your children next. What’s theirs is theirs and what’s yours is theirs. It’s a Marxist thing.
[[CDC data shows 385 children ages 0-17 have died of COVID in the 20 months lf the pandemic in the entire USA. In the same 20 months, 50,000 children ages 0-17 have died of all causes.]]
Wonder why the mother’s lawyer didn’
t bring this fact up and demand to know why she was being barred from seeing her kid when the risk is so low?
they rarely strip “mothers” of kids for being crappy mothers
but this they do...
Let’s turn up the heat on this RAT judge!!!
Feeling Hot, HOT, HOT!!!
How could any government agent even know that was the case without illegal intrusive spying on a citizen?
Get the word out to every citizen that everyone must plead the Fifth whenever this question is asked by anyone in the (in)Justice Department at any level.
Different time different mindset. Today’s judges and despicables are far removed from that of yesteryear. Sadly we are past the point of no return.
“we are past the point of no return.”
Sadly I agree
But the Twitter Taliban account still going strong.....
Disregard, wrong article. My bad.
Critical appeal here. Someone should setup a funding page for her.
She could have just lied, and he would have moved on. Glad she didn’t though. This MUST be litigated up to the SCOTUS.
For 11 YO, 99.99% survival rate.
But why does mom not have custody?
Challenge the judge/decision on the grounds that he is NOT a medical doctor.
Same here
Unfortunately
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