Girl indefinitely detained in psych ward after parents seek 2nd medical opinion

[rambone]

BOSTON, MA — A judge has ruled that a Boston teen may continue to be held captive in a hospital and forcibly drugged… indefinitely. The tragic series of events began when a doctor discarded an earlier medical diagnosis and declared another, prompting objections from her parents and threats to discharge her from Boston Children’s Hospital to take her to get a second opinion. An epic battle of egos ensued, and the hospital decided that the parents’ insolence in challenging the doctor was tantamount to child abuse. Without a trial or having broken a specific law, the girl was stripped from her parents’ custody and the state of Massachusetts has kept her indefinitely detained in a hospital since February 2013. Based on the latest ruling, the girl may very well be locked in a psychiatric ward until she turns 18 years old.

Parents lose custody of teen after seeking 2nd medical opinion; girl indefinitely detained in psych ward

 

[Redtbird]

Where was it said, "Your children are not yours. They belong to the State."

I cannot imagine what this family is going thru.

 

[dirtfarmerz]

It is my opinion that Obamacare will allow more of these situations. They will have more control over everyone. What law allows a doctor/hospital to take the child away from the parents? Doctors and nurses are the same folks that "practice" their profession and kill up to 300,000 Americans per year, by accident. Keep the change, I don't want any part of it.

 

[churchmouse]

The child abuse laws, like so many others, can be twisted and manipulated into what ever is needed to maintain control in these situations.

 

[Bunnykid68]

This isn't the 1st story like this coming out of Boston.

at least five instances of “unusually contentious cases over the last 18 months involving Children’s Hospital and the Department of Children and Families.”

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I heard about this (or some similar story) a few days ago and meant to post it. Maddening and sad.

 

[traderdan]

Hopefully there is more to the story than what appears.. I do know for sure, that if the story is as stated, I would find a way to bring my girl home.

 

[dirtfarmerz]

Hopefully there is more to the story than what appears.. I do know for sure, that if the story is as stated, I would find a way to bring my girl home.

I think you'd have overwhelming support from INGO.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Hopefully there is more to the story than what appears.. I do know for sure, that if the story is as stated, I would find a way to bring my girl home.

Research the story then.

 

[atvdave]

Hopefully there is more to the story than what appears.. I do know for sure, that if the story is as stated, I would find a way to bring my girl home.

Despite Protest, West Hartford Girl Still In Boston Hospital | WTIC FOX CT

 

[traderdan]

Research the story then.

Nahh... I am gonna wait on you internet commandos to do that for me. Getting the TRUTH would probably be impossible without being there and seeing medical records ect.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Nahh... I am gonna wait on you internet commandos to do that for me. Getting the TRUTH would probably be impossible without being there and seeing medical records ect.

ATVDave posted up a good link. The judge issued a gag order against the parents if that tells you anything

 

[traderdan]

Yeah..I read the link. There are times when things should be done...When is it morally permissible to act with force?

 

[JetGirl]

In the care of the parents;

In the care of the state;

Yeah, that about says it all.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Yeah..I read the link. There are times when things should be done...When is it morally permissible to act with force?

Not as often as seems to happen. I will trust the parents before I trust the government.

 

[GunnerDan]

Yeah..I read the link. There are times when things should be done...When is it morally permissible to act with force?

Since I dont want to get banned from the forum, I will reserve my comments, but surmise as to say I do believe it is morally permissible to do what is necessary to protect one's own children from the tyrannical government goons that are out there to do nothing more than to do us harm.

Gunner

 

[traderdan]

Since I dont want to get banned from the forum, I will reserve my comments, but surmise as to say I do believe it is morally permissible to do what is necessary to protect one's own children from the tyrannical government goons that are out there to do nothing more than to do us harm.

Gunner

Me too..in a situation such as this things could get ugly quickly.

 

[Mackey]

You could use force and win the battle ... but they'd win the war. Where would a parent take their ill child... on the run? They parents would never be able to work if they went on the run. Eventually, the kids would be back in state custody and the parents would be in jail.
They've got to do what's being done now. Try to win in the court of public opinion, keep it in the spotlight.
It's amazing to me, that in a country that will let you abort a child almost at will, and seemingly, wants our elders to just lay down and die, the authorities will take it upon themselves to "save" a child from a parent's decisions. It's not about the life of the child anyway, it's about bureaucrats flexing their muscle and justifying their exitence.

 

[GunnerDan]

You could use force and win the battle ... but they'd win the war. Where would a parent take their ill child... on the run? They parents would never be able to work if they went on the run. Eventually, the kids would be back in state custody and the parents would be in jail.
They've got to do what's being done now. Try to win in the court of public opinion, keep it in the spotlight.
It's amazing to me, that in a country that will let you abort a child almost at will, and seemingly, wants our elders to just lay down and die, the authorities will take it upon themselves to "save" a child from a parent's decisions. It's not about the life of the child anyway, it's about bureaucrats flexing their muscle and justifying their exitence.

That is why we must pray for the ruination of the current form of tyrannical government, the new Nazi's that is the TSA (Trained Sexual Abusers), and whatever division of child services exists to do nothing more than to take away children from loving homes, and place them into drug dens and dens of abuse.

Gunner

 

[actaeon277]

Since I dont want to get banned from the forum, I will reserve my comments, but surmise as to say I do believe it is morally permissible to do what is necessary to protect one's own children from the tyrannical government goons that are out there to do nothing more than to do us harm.

Gunner

Me too..in a situation such as this things could get ugly quickly.

You could use force and win the battle ... but they'd win the war. Where would a parent take their ill child... on the run? They parents would never be able to work if they went on the run. Eventually, the kids would be back in state custody and the parents would be in jail.
They've got to do what's being done now. Try to win in the court of public opinion, keep it in the spotlight.
It's amazing to me, that in a country that will let you abort a child almost at will, and seemingly, wants our elders to just lay down and die, the authorities will take it upon themselves to "save" a child from a parent's decisions. It's not about the life of the child anyway, it's about bureaucrats flexing their muscle and justifying their exitence.

Not always.
But it would take more than the parents. Maybe a neighborhood tired of shenanigans.