Mother refused to vaccine important child protection

A mother from Michigan, USA, refused to vaccinate her son, even though a court order required her to do so. Now she has to go to jail for seven days.

Obligation to vaccinations
A year ago, a court in Oakland County ordered Michigan: Rebecca Bredow had her 9-year-old son administered eight medically prescribed vaccinations - until last Wednesday.

Vaccination opponents often reject vaccinations for religious reasons.
This does not only endanger her and her children,
but ensures,
that spread diseases that could be defeated medical long ago.
(Image: Richard Villalon / fotolia.com)

Religion against medicine
But Bredow let the deadline pass - for religious reasons. She said to the court, "I am a passionate mother who cares deeply about her children, their health and well-being. If my child is forced to get vaccinated, I can not take it. "

Ex-husband wants to enforce vaccination
James Horne, the ex-husband of Rebecca Bredow, has shared custody and urges that the son be vaccinated.

No understanding
Judge Karen McDonald said to Bredow, "I understand that you love your children. But I think what you do not understand is that her son has two parents, and that his father has something to say too. "

Vaccination under control
The judge granted the father temporary custody of his son and ordered the son to be vaccinated.

Mother does not stick to the agreement
McDonald also said that Bredow's lawyer had signed the court order to vaccinate, meaning that Bredow had agreed. The judge said, "I understand that you will not comply with orders, even if they have agreed to them."

Father will have vaccinations done
His father's lawyer said, "The court really had no alternative to this action, on the basis of the fact that it showed you would not follow the court's decision."

Prison for religion
Bredow said, "I can not act against my religious beliefs. It's about choices. The point is, as a mother, I have the choice to make medical decisions for my child. "

Vaccination opponents in America
Vaccination opponents in the US range from fundamentalist Christians attacking evolutionary science to the crazy edge of the political spectrum and Donald Trump.

conspiracy mania
Their myths about vaccinations go hand in hand with other conspiracy fantasies: they believe the moon landing to be a fake, believe the CIA hides evidence of aliens and see chemical poisoning in aircraft vapor trails. Anti-Semitic delusions are common among them.

compulsory vaccination?
There is a requirement for vaccination in many American states. In Michigan, parents are required to take vaccination lessons to teach them vaccine-preventative conditions before they are allowed to refuse vaccinations for non-medical reasons.

No guilty
Bredow says she did. She and her ex-husband would have agreed to delay their son's vaccinations for three months after he was born in 2008. Two years later, both parents had agreed to leave all vaccinations, and her son had since received no more. (Dr. Utz Anhalt)