New Zealand Court Strips Anti-Vaccine Parents of Medical Custody of Ill Baby

New Zealand Court Strips Anti-Vaccine Parents of Medical Custody of Ill Baby
The mother and father of a four-month-old baby that urgently needs a heart operation leave the High Court in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. The court on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, ruled against the family who had refused blood transfusions for their baby son unless the blood came from donors who hadn't been vaccinated against COVID-19. Michael Craig/New Zealand Herald via AP
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A New Zealand court ruled against the parents of a sick infant on Dec. 7, temporarily stripping them of medical custody of their son after they refused blood transfusions from vaccinated donors, requesting that the health system allow them access to blood from unvaccinated donors who were standing ready to donate.

The four-month-old boy, who has been diagnosed with severe pulmonary stenosis, needs open-heart surgery to allow blood to circulate properly throughout his body.

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