A judge asked a mother if she got the coronavirus vaccine. She said no, and he revoked custody of her son.
By Jaclyn Peiser
Today at 4:47 a.m. EDT
When Rebecca Firlit joined a virtual court hearing with her ex-husband earlier this month, the Chicago mother expected the proceedings to focus on child support.
But the judge had other plans.
“One of the first things he asked me … was whether or not I was vaccinated,” Firlit, 39, told the Chicago Sun-Times.
She was not, she said, explaining that she has had “adverse reactions to vaccines in the past” and that a doctor advised her against getting inoculated against the coronavirus.
“It poses a risk,” she added.
Cook County Judge James Shapiro then made what the parents’ attorneys called an unprecedented decision: He said the mother could not see her 11-year-old son until she got a coronavirus vaccine.
The child’s father is vaccinated, the Sun-Times reported.
Firlit filed a petition to appeal the judge’s decision, her attorney Annette Fernholz told The Washington Post. In an interview with WFLD, Fernholz said the ruling was an overreach.
more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/30/chicago-vaccine-custody-rebecca-firlit/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0lbjWZtoNmbSAqkVQUibXEkz967Z9zxEAqbtw8--ZOuPZgYY1WWwXubPM
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