UPDATE: Mom Loses Legal Battle, Jailed for Refusing to Vaccinate Son

UPDATE: Mom Loses Legal Battle, Jailed for Refusing to Vaccinate Son
A pediatrician gives a baby a vaccination. Fred Tanneau/AFP/Getty Images
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UPDATE: A Michigan women has been jailed for seven days for refusing to have her son vaccinated.

An Oakland County Circuit Court judged sentenced Rebecca Bredow, on Wednesday, reported the Detroit News. 

The judge also awarded temporary custody of the child to his father—who initiated legal proceedings—until all of his vaccinations are up to date.

“It’s clear to me you don’t care about (court) orders, even if you agree to them,” Judge Karen McDonald said at the hearing Wednesday. “You’ve repeatedly stated over the past several days publicly that you will not follow this court order, so I’m sentencing you to seven days in jail.”

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Rebecca Bredow and her now ex-husband agreed to space out vaccines for their son when he was born. But as time went by, Bredow studied the safety of vaccines in great detail and decided to stop vaccinating her boy.

Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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