{"id":699798,"date":"2021-08-30T13:21:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T17:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=699798"},"modified":"2021-08-30T13:21:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T17:21:06","slug":"mother-loses-custody-over-vaccination-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-loses-custody-over-vaccination-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Loses Custody Over Vaccination Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmother-loses-custody-over-vaccination-status%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=699798&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-30-at-12.00.22-PM-e1630339327165.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Chicago mother lost custody of her 11-year-old son because of her COVID-19 vaccination status, apparently the first ruling of its kind.<\/p>\n<p>Cook County judge James Shapiro asked Rebecca Firlit on Aug. 10 in a virtual child support hearing whether she was vaccinated, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2021\/8\/29\/22647262\/judge-rules-pilsen-mom-custody-covid-19-vaccination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em><\/a>. When Firlit said she was not, Shapiro stripped her of parental custody. The ruling shocked Firlit, who said the hearing was &#8220;supposed to be about expenses and child support.&#8221; The judge will not allow her to&nbsp;see her son until she has been vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the first things he asked me when I got on the Zoom call was whether or not I was vaccinated, which threw me off because I asked him what it had to do with the hearing,&#8221; Firlit said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve had adverse reactions to vaccines in the past and was advised not to get vaccinated by my doctor. It poses a risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While some judges have lightened sentences for defendants who decide to get the vaccine, this is the first known instance of a parent losing custody over their vaccination status.<\/p>\n<p>Annette Fernholz, Firlit&#8217;s attorney, told the <em>Washington Post<\/em> they are appealing the ruling as an overreach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The father did not even bring this issue before the court,&#8221; Fernholz said. &#8220;So it&#8217;s the judge on his own and making this decision that you can&#8217;t see your child until you&#8217;re vaccinated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Firlit also said the judge appeared frustrated and that the hearing took hours. She and her ex-husband have been divorced for seven years and share joint custody, according to her attorney. Her ex-husband, who is vaccinated, did not raise the issue of vaccination status during the hearing but said he agreed with the judge&#8217;s ruling. He will fight the appeal, according to his attorney.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are children who have died because of COVID,&#8221; the father&#8217;s attorney said. &#8220;I think every child should be safe. And I agree that the mother should be vaccinated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Firlit hopes her case will be a rallying cry for parents concerned about government interference in personal affairs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like this will resonate with people because this is how things will go if we don&#8217;t speak up,&#8221; Firlit said. &#8220;Dividing families, taking children from their parents, we have to speak out to make sure this is not the new thing. Unfortunately, I had to be the first person that this happened to, but parents aren&#8217;t going to stand for that.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chicago mother lost custody of her 11-year-old son because of her COVID-19 vaccination status, apparently the first ruling of its kind. 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