A 17-year-old girl has been turned into a ward of the state and forced to endure unwanted chemo treatments that she absolutely opposes.
When Cassandra C.'s mother, Jackie Fortin, sought a second opinion about surgically removing her daughter's lymph nodes, the control-freak doctors of Connecticut Children's Medical Center reported her to DCF for "parental medical neglect."
A court authorized DCF "to make all necessary medical decisions on Cassandra's behalf," the case summary states.
Subsequently Cassandra was kidnapped by the state and forced to have surgery. They literally strapped her to a bed, penetrated her with needles, and injected her with chemopoison.
Connecticut Teen Taken Away from Mother and Physically Forced to have Chemotherapy
Lawyer for teen fighting state over forced chemo says prognosis is good, but larger constitutional question looms - Hartford Courant
When Cassandra C.'s mother, Jackie Fortin, sought a second opinion about surgically removing her daughter's lymph nodes, the control-freak doctors of Connecticut Children's Medical Center reported her to DCF for "parental medical neglect."
A court authorized DCF "to make all necessary medical decisions on Cassandra's behalf," the case summary states.
Subsequently Cassandra was kidnapped by the state and forced to have surgery. They literally strapped her to a bed, penetrated her with needles, and injected her with chemopoison.
Connecticut Teen Taken Away from Mother and Physically Forced to have Chemotherapy
Lawyer for teen fighting state over forced chemo says prognosis is good, but larger constitutional question looms - Hartford Courant