Teen being forced to undergo chemo released to family friend

A Suffolk Family Court judge on Friday delivered a setback in the case of a 13-year-old who’s being forced to undergo chemotherapy, stripping his mother of custody and releasing him to a friend who must continue the therapy.

Nick Gundersen is in remission from mixed phenotype acute leukemia and has been undergoing court-mandated chemotherapy at NYU Winthrop Hospital since Oct. 30. He was released to a family friend in Huntington, where he will continue outpatient treatment.

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Teen accuses Mayo Clinic of ‘medical kidnapping’

In a jaw-dropping moment caught on video, an 18-year-old high school senior rushes to escape from the hospital that saved her life and then, she says, held her captive.

At the entrance to the world-renowned Mayo Clinic, the young woman’s stepfather helps her out of a wheelchair and into the family car.

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California: CPS and cops rip child from home at night as parents use CBD OIL for her epilepsy

Husband and wife Joe and Maria Selva were having a quiet night at home in the Bay area (California) this past Saturday, October 28th (the day after Maria’s birthday) when they heard a bang at their door.

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Lawyer defends mom accused of 'fabricating' son's sickness, symptoms

More than 72 hours after Danita Tutt was arrested for allegedly causing serious bodily injuries to her 13-year-old son, her lawyer is fighting back against the notion his client is anything but a concerned and caring mother.

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CPS kidnaps three children after loving family seeks medical help

CPS kidnaps three children after loving family seeks medical help

It's happening all across the nation, but it's something state and medical authorities are afraid to discuss. It's something called medical kidnapping - the warrant-less seizure of children based on mere suspicion of child abuse. For example, if a parent disagrees with a medical diagnosis placed on their child and they want a second opinion, then authorities may label them "abusive parents." Child protective Services (CPS) is called in to "rescue" the child, taking custody, leaving concerned parents heartbroken and powerless.

CPS kidnaps three children after loving family seeks medical help

CPS kidnaps three children after loving family seeks medical help

It’s happening all across the nation, but it’s something state and medical authorities are afraid to discuss. It’s something called medical kidnapping – the warrant-less seizure of children based on mere suspicion of child abuse. For example, if a parent disagrees with a medical diagnosis placed on their child and they want a second opinion, then authorities may label them “abusive parents.” Child protective Services (CPS) is called in to “rescue” the child, taking custody, leaving concerned parents heartbroken and powerless.

Parents who had children removed by CPS protest perceived conflict of interest by U of M doctors

Parents who had children removed by CPS protest perceived conflict of interest by U of M doctors

Are innocent parents losing their kids for suspected abuse, due to a doctor’s conflict of interest?  That is what protesters before the University of Michigan Board of Regents say happened to them.

A tragic tale repeated: mistaking infantile rickets for child abuse

A tragic tale repeated: mistaking infantile rickets for child abuse

Another parent, Rebecca J. Wanosik, is fighting to regain custody of her five children after her baby was tragically misdiagnosed with child abuse.

When Desperate Parents Are Wrongly Accused of Abusing Their Very Sick Kids

When Desperate Parents Are Wrongly Accused of Abusing Their Very Sick Kids

If you have a child who is very sick, you will move heaven and earth to get that kid care. Unfortunately, there’s a possibility that this assiduousness will trigger suspicions of abuse. In a horrifying, supremely well-sourced op-ed in The New York Times, the mom of a girl who suffered from inexplicable headaches, nausea, falls, and pain, explains how other people in her situation have lost their kids to child protective service agents who imagined abuse where none exists (links added):

The New Child Abuse Panic

The New Child Abuse Panic

FEW things are tougher for a parent than dealing with a child’s serious medical condition, particularly if it is complicated and hard to diagnose. The parent has to make hard choices about treatment, navigating conflicting advice from doctors or even rejecting one doctor’s opinion and seeking another.

Mom Who Lost Kids Says Baby's Medical Condition Mistaken for Abuse

Mom Who Lost Kids Says Baby's Medical Condition Mistaken for Abuse

Missouri mom Rebecca J. Wanosik is fighting to regain custody of her five children, saying doctors misdiagnosed her baby's complicated medical condition as child abuse.

Corrupt CPS / Maine

Social Worker Christine Leighton Medical Experimenting On Baby.

Lawmakers push bill for parental rights

Lawmakers push bill for parental rights

Hoping to make parents the arbiter when medical professionals disagree about the care of a child, and to avoid the repeat of a saga that embroiled the state's child-protection department and a family from Connecticut, lawmakers on Wednesday pushed for "Justina's Law."

Pelletier family pushes for passage of 'Justina's Law'

Pelletier family pushes for passage of 'Justina's Law'

Hoping to make parents the arbiter when medical professionals disagree about the care of a child and to avoid the repeat of a saga that embroiled the state's child protection department and a family from Connecticut, lawmakers on Wednesday pushed for "Justina's Law."

JESSICA’S STORY: A MOTHER’S FIGHT FOR HER DISABLED DAUGHTER AGAINST DCF.

JESSICA’S STORY: A MOTHER’S FIGHT FOR HER DISABLED DAUGHTER AGAINST DCF.

Ever since DailyHaze did a story on Amber Thurmond, we have had a large and disturbing response from families in similar situations involving Kansas DCF. What is even more disturbing is the amount of people that are terrified to come forward with their story. This is for many reasons, either they are scarred they will take their children again, keep the children they already have in their system and, or, take their other children. Regardless of the reason, one thing is clear, many of these families are being bullied by the DCF to keep their mouth shut. People fear the Department for Children and Families as if they are some kind of cartel.

Western Wash. parents respond to CPS abuse allegations

Western Wash. parents respond to CPS abuse allegations

Outside the state Department of Social and Health Services in Tacoma Tuesday, the Everson family and their supporters spent the day holding signs and pleading their case in front of TV cameras.

Child Services Takes Custody of Texas Couple’s 19-Month-Old Son: ‘It Makes No Sense’

Child Services Takes Custody of Texas Couple’s 19-Month-Old Son: ‘It Makes No Sense’

A mother and father in Houston are reeling after Texas Child Protective Services took custody of their 19-month-old son, who is not developing normally, based on allegations of medical neglect.

Teen Forced to Undergo Chemo Is Released from the Hospital

Teen Forced to Undergo Chemo Is Released from the Hospital

After spending nearly five months in the hospital, Cassandra C. is finally going home.

Cassandra C, teen who refused chemo, to be released from the hospital

Cassandra C, teen who refused chemo, to be released from the hospital

It has been a long-awaited homecoming.

Cassandra C, the Windsor Locks teen who made national headlines for refusing chemotherapy will be released from the hospital Monday afternoon.

Is a Sick Child an Asset to a Bankrupt State?

Is a Sick Child an Asset to a Bankrupt State?

When I try to grasp what Michelle and Isaiah Rider’s life has become over the past year I think of nightmares so horrible you make a conscious effort to wake yourself up. Tragically, there is no waking up from this. On March 11, an Illinois judge plunged this small family of two deeper into the dark world of Illinois’ Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).