Lawsuit Alleges Migrant Children Given Psychotropic Drugs Without Parental Consent
A lawsuit filed by the Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law in Los Angeles, CA on Apr. 16, 2018 alleges that immigrant children being detained at youth centers overseen by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (DHHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) are being routinely forced to take a psychotropic drugs such as Haldol and Prozac without the consent of their parents.
Biologics R Vaccines: Beware of “Informed Consent”
When people go to a hospital, a health care clinic, or a doctor’s office, they are almost always given a written informed consent form to sign prior to receiving medical treatment. In recent years, these consent forms have begun to include statements asking the patient to agree to receive biologics.
How Two Michigan Court Cases are Mainlining Informed Consent and Parental Choice
It was just recently that Metro Detroit mother Rebecca Bredow stated publicly that she would ‘rather sit behind bars for standing up for what she believes in, than giving into something she strongly doesn’t believe in.’ A few short days later, she was in front of an Oakland County judge…
African-Americans, Vaccines and a History of Suspicion
A good parent is not sure what to believe. On one side, doctors tell us vaccinations are safe and necessary for our children. They’ve been in existence for hundreds of years, most people get them and they are credited with eradicating diseases and saving lives. On the other side are numerous horror stories involving vaccinated children like that of Harvard-educated attorney…
Does Informed Consent Truly Exist?
Informed consent is a basic human right in which a person has the ability to voluntarily accept or reject a treatment or medical procedure, including use of pharmaceutical products, after being fully informed of all possible risks and benefits. “The most important goal of informed consent,” according to the University of Washington School of Medicine, “is that the patient has…
Science Teacher May Be Disciplined for Urging Students Be Informed of Vaccination Risks
In March 2015, science teacher Timothy Sullivan approached public health nurses administering vaccines to high school students at his school in Waterford, Ontario, Canada and asked whether they had appropriately informed the students about the potential risks of the shots they were giving. He noted that the teenagers were required to give informed consent and the nurses…
