Posts by Parental Rights Foundation
Mother Arrested – Maryann Godboldo
Detroit resident Maryann Godboldo was arrested in 2011 after a 10-hour standoff with police and CPS who claimed she was not giving her daughter proper medication. The state later discontinued the medication as well, returned the daughter, and dropped the charges – until the appeals court and prosecutors in 2013 opted to go after her…
Read MoreNo Questioning Allowed – Scott and Jody Ferris
According to HSLDA, who is representing the Ferrises, “Scott and Jody Ferris faced hostile medical staff during Jodi’s postpartum care and lost custody of their newborn daughter when they simply questioned whether certain medical procedures were necessary.” [emphasis added] Thankfully, a judge returned their daughter the next day. The family sued “the hospital workers and a…
Read More"Bad Medicine" May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered
New Legal Paper Challenges the Charge of Medical Child Abuse The latest volume of the UC Davis Law Review features a powerful article by Maxine Eichner, J.D., Ph. D., which we are honored to make available to you at the Parental Rights Foundation website. In “Bad Medicine: Parents, the State, and the Charge of ‘Medical…
Read MoreRocking the Cradle: A National Council on Disability’s Report
The National Council on Disability’s 2012 Report, Rocking the Cradle, points out a number of issues of discrimination that parents with disabilities or parents of children with disabilities must face far too often. The rate at which their decisions are second-guessed and their parental rights threatened is unconscionable. You may not have time to read…
Read MoreFamily Forced to Flee the Country – Sarah Hershberger
In Ohio, an Amish family was forced to flee the country to spare their daughter unwanted and dangerous chemo-therapy, including a cocktail of drugs not approved for children by the FDA. Reports indicate the girl now appears healthy through natural means.
Read MoreTaking Children to Experiment? – Hannah and Kayla Diegel
[Photo Credit: A Miracle for Two Sisters] In April of 2014, the CPS/DCS took two sisters at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital into custody claiming medical abuse. About a week before, the mother had requested transfer to another doctor when she suspected that the doctors wanted to experiment on her children due to their rare medical…
Read MoreHospital Malpractice Coverup?
Sara and Padraig Keenan A family in New York found themselves facing allegations of child abuse after their infant died; they contended the charge was fabricated to cover up the hospital’s own serious errors in the child’s treatment. The couple also had their older two children taken from their care, but returned after two autopsies…
Read MoreThe Controversial Child Abuse Epidemic Tearing Families Apart
Jessica Holt* was only a few months old when her mother, Sally*, noticed that something was wrong. Jessica didn’t feed well and, rather than gaining weight like most infants, she soon began to fall off the growth charts. As a result of her poor growth, Jessica was quickly given the “failure to thrive” label by…
Read MoreNo Multiple Opinions Allowed – Isaiah Rider
The state of Illinois took Isaiah Rider from his mother, Michelle, because she sought multiple opinions for treating her son’s pain. When the pain from his neurofibromitosis became too great, mother Michelle (who is a nurse) decided to seek additional options, looking for a hospital that could manage his discomfort. Chicago’s Lurie’s Children’s Hospital took…
Read MoreThe State of Parental Rights in America 2015
Please see the newest State of Parental Rights in America report. Last January’s “The State of Parental Rights in America” was so well received – and so helpful for informing parents and policy-makers about the growing parental rights issue – that we decided to make it an annual report. Sadly, not a lot has changed…
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