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Whilst most people would agree that protecting the health of the population is important, that protection becomes a bit of a vexed issue when we consider that vaccination, the preventative measure of choice for most mainstream medical professionals, is neither risk free nor one-hundred percent effective.
Having the freedom to make an informed choice about vaccination – indeed, about any medical procedure – should be considered a basic right for an individual living in a country that calls itself a democracy. No free society has the right to demand that one of its citizens place their life or the lives of its children at risk in order to protect others. Especially not when the means of protection – vaccination – is questioned by many, including a significant minority of health professionals.
And whilst those who are choosing not to vaccinate have carefully weighed the benefits vs the risks of this procedure, those who have vaccinated themselves or their children cannot possibly feel at any danger of disease if their belief that these shots work the way in which they are told they do is correct.
If we do not take action to protect our right to free health choice, we will lose it. As you will read in the following story and in other stories which will follow on these pages, there is a segment of both our state and federal government and our medical community which feels that it can dictate treatments to our families, even when we feel those treatments are more dangerous than the diseases they are meant to prevent.
Please read through this information, forward this web site to others you know – friends, family, acquaintances – and join the fight against compulsory mass medication today while we still have the option to preserve this right rather than fighting the even more difficult battle to regain it once it’s been lost.
AFP
Authorities drop legal bid to force baby's vaccination
SYDNEY (AFP) — Australian child welfare authorities on Tuesday ended a legal bid to force a couple to vaccinate their six-day-old baby against hepatitis B after the family went into hiding, authorities said. The New South Wales Department of Community Services decided to drop its pursuit of the couple as it is now too late for the immunisation against the disease that causes liver cancer and cirrhosis to be effective.
THE AUSTRALIAN
Hep B mum's baby won't get vaccine
A COUPLE in hiding after they refused to have their newborn baby vaccinated against hepatitis B is now free to return home.The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DoCS) today decided not to pursue further action against the couple after the timeframe for an effective vaccination lapsed.
DoCS, with police assisting, was unable to locate the couple, despite having spoken with the mother on a number of occasions and urging her to come forward.
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
No more needling baby's parents
The parents of a newborn baby who have been on the run for five days are free to return home this afternoon after child protection officers decided not to take further action against them. The Croydon Park couple fled their home with their baby son and three-year-old daughter last Thursday after the Department of Community Services obtained a Supreme Court order forcing them to have the baby vaccinated against hepatitis B.
ABC ONLINE
DOCS drops pursuit of anti-vaccine couple
The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DOCS) has decided not to pursue further action against a Sydney couple that is refusing to vaccinate their week-old baby. DOCS took out a Supreme Court order on Thursday, ordering the couple to immunise their son against hepatitis B.
ABC ONLINE
'Hepatitis baby': DOCS seeks further orders
The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DOCS) will return to the Supreme Court today to seek further orders over a couple's refusal to vaccinate their newborn baby. The boy's mother has hepatitis B, but the couple does not want to vaccinate him because of concerns about possible side effects.
STUFF.CO.NZ
Vaccine-avoiding couple in hiding with children
A Sydney couple in hiding after refusing to have their newborn baby vaccinated against hepatitis B also have a three-year-old child who could be carrying the virus. The parents fled their Croydon Park home on Thursday to avoid police and Department of Community Services (DoCS) officials, after they refused to have their three-day-old son vaccinated at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
ABC ONLINE
Evidence supports action against 'hep B' baby's parents: DOCS
The Department of Community Services (DOCS) says it has compelling medical evidence to support the action being taken against a Sydney couple refusing to vaccinate their baby boy. A court order forcing the parents to immunise their son against hepatitis B has been extended in the Supreme Court today.
ABC ONLINE
Court extends order for 'hep B' baby
The New South Wales Supreme Court has extended an order forcing a couple to immunise their newborn baby against hepatitis B. The Department of Community Services (DOCS) took out the order on Thursday after the Croydon Park couple refused to vaccinate their son and went into hiding. Doctors say the five-day-old baby is at risk of contracting the illness from his mother, who has the disease. The parents believe aluminium in the vaccine could cause the baby more damage than contracting hepatitis B.
THE AGE
Vaccine-denying couple still on run
A Sydney couple - in hiding after refusing to have their newborn baby vaccinated against hepatitis B - also have a three-year-old child who could be carrying the virus. The parents fled their Croydon Park home on Thursday to avoid police and Department of Community Services (DoCS) officials, after they refused to have their three-day-old son vaccinated at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
ABC ONLINE
Vaccine battle: DOCS 'likely' to extend court order
The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DOCS) will return to court today to try and force a couple to immunise their baby against hepatitis B. The Croydon Park couple has been in hiding since DOCS took out a Supreme Court order on Thursday to make them vaccinate their son. Doctors say the five-day-old baby is at risk of contracting the illness from his mother unless he is vaccinated soon.
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Baby on run worries doctors
DOCTORS fear time is running out to help a baby whose parents have been on the run since Thursday after refusing to have him vaccinated against hepatitis B. The parents, from Croydon Park, have been in hiding since doctors and workers from the Department of Community Services took out a Supreme Court order forcing them to have the baby vaccinated after his birth at Royal Prince Alfred hospital last week.
ABC ONLINE
Parents still on the run over baby's vaccine
The mother of the four-day-old baby boy has had the virus for several years and doctors say the child runs a high risk of contracting it unless he is immunised within days. The New South Wales Department of Community Services has taken out a Supreme Court order to force the parents to immunise their child, but has so far been unable to locate the couple.
AFP
Police hunt for two-day-old baby to enforce hepatitis jab order
SYDNEY (AFP) — Australian police and welfare officials were Saturday searching for a couple who went into hiding with their two-day-old son to avoid having him forcibly vaccinated against hepatitis B, officials said. The family, including the boy's mother who was diagnosed with hepatitis B several years ago, went on the run after a court ordered them to vaccinate the newborn against the disease that can lead to liver cancer and cirrhosis, the father told the Sydney Morning Herald.
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
NSW authorities search for Hep B couple
Police and welfare authorities are continuing to search for a Sydney couple in hiding after they refused to have their three-day-old boy vaccinated against hepatitis B. The NSW Department of Community Services (DoCs) has been granted a four-day extension to a NSW Supreme Court order which now states that the baby must be vaccinated by Monday.
NEWS.COM.AU
Couple flee to avoid vaccination
A SYDNEY couple are in hiding after the Department of Community Services (DoCS) took out a court order to have their three-day-old boy vaccinated against hepatitis B. The parents, from Croydon Park, fled their home on Thursday to avoid police and DoCS officers after refusing to have their son vaccinated at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Parents on the run with baby after refusing vaccination
A SYDNEY couple was on the run with their two-day-old baby last night after the Department of Community Services took out a Supreme Court order to have the boy vaccinated against hepatitis B. The parents, from Croydon Park, fled their home on Thursday to avoid police and DOCS officers after they refused to have their son vaccinated at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. They told the Herald yesterday that they believed aluminium in the vaccine could cause him more damage than contracting hepatitis B.
MEDINDIA
Manhunt on in Australia to Catch Couple Who Go Underground Fearing Vaccination for Their Baby
A massive search is on to track down the Australian couple who have gone into hiding fearing vaccination for their newborn. The mother of the four-day-old baby boy had had hepatitis virus for several years and doctors say the child runs a high risk of contracting it unless he is immunised within days. The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DOCS) took out a Supreme Court order to force the parents to immunise their child, but has so far been unable to locate the couple.
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