Mathew D. Staver
Founder and Chairman
2/25/2014
Conservatives,
Yesterday was a whirlwind of activity and media appearances following a shocking day outside a Massachusetts court. Sadly, I must report that I saw a side of a massive state bureaucracy that was altogether alarming.
Founder and Chairman
2/25/2014
Conservatives,
Yesterday was a whirlwind of activity and media appearances following a shocking day outside a Massachusetts court. Sadly, I must report that I saw a side of a massive state bureaucracy that was altogether alarming.
The Pelletier family’s medical and legal situation is far worse than those of us attempting to help could have anticipated.
A family is being unjustly ripped apart at the hand of an overreaching, arrogant state bureaucracy, the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF).
The horrific result:
Justina
Pelletier is alone and afraid in the home of strangers. Her parents are
emotionally distraught, as any of us would be if we were unjustly
stripped of parental authority and forced to watch as our child was
taken prisoner by Big Brother.
While awaiting the ruling of forthcoming hearings, Lou and Linda Pelletier are forced to helplessly witness Jessica’s deteriorating physical and emotional condition, powerless to intervene.
In addition to their own physical and emotional pain and agony, the Pelletier family is being unconstitutionally muzzled due to an unwarranted gag order.
While awaiting the ruling of forthcoming hearings, Lou and Linda Pelletier are forced to helplessly witness Jessica’s deteriorating physical and emotional condition, powerless to intervene.
In addition to their own physical and emotional pain and agony, the Pelletier family is being unconstitutionally muzzled due to an unwarranted gag order.
Last night, I appeared on Fox News’ The Kelly File where I had an opportunity to discuss this outrageous case.
Today, I have recorded an exclusive audio update for every member of our Liberty Counsel team and to forward to your like-minded friends.
Go here to hear my exclusive message. While there, please sign our End the Pelletier Nightmare petition, which will be delivered to Massachusetts and Connecticut senators and representatives in the United States Congress among other key contacts:
http://libertycounsel.com/
God bless you for standing with the Pelletier family. I also ask for your prayers concerning this deeply disturbing personal and legal ordeal.
Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
P.S. For more details on this outrageous case, please see my message from last night attached below…
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The
story of Justina Pelletier is like a horror movie. This is a case of Big
Brother removing a teenage girl from her home and parents –
responsible, loving parents who simply followed the medical counsel of
their well-qualified physicians. The state then actually imprisoned
Justina, resulting in her health rapidly declining.
America
is rapidly becoming aware of the Pelletier family and their daughter’s
life-and-death struggle unfolding in Massachusetts. Thankfully, national
news reports about the situation have multiplied over the past several
days and this tragic injustice is getting the attention it deserves.
This
case involves a 15-year-old ice-skating competitor who was taken from
her parents by the DCF, locked up for over a year, and is now confined
to a wheelchair because of maltreatment for a metabolic disorder.
Justina’s
father, Lou Pelletier, recently spoke to the media about this tragic
case involving DCF and Boston Children’s Hospital. Seeking to silence the parents,
the state has filed a complaint to hold the father in contempt of court
for violating an alleged gag order that was never put in writing.
++The Pelletiers’ rights have been grossly violated.
The Founders intended that the Constitution would protect citizens against this kind of government oppression. DCF’s
motion for contempt is nothing more than an attempt to prevent the
public from learning about the state’s unconstitutional infringement of
the Pelletiers’ parental rights.
Further, there is simply no justification for such a gross violation of the public’s access to judicial proceedings.
Before
she was admitted to Boston Children’s Hospital, Justina was being
treated for mitochondrial disease, a rare genetic disorder, by Dr. Mark
Korson, the chief of metabolism at Tufts Medical Center.
At
Boston Children’s Hospital, a new doctor – in the seventh month of his
internship – changed the working diagnosis from mitochondrial disease to
a somatoform disorder, shifting her treatment from a physical to a
mental emphasis.
When
Lou and Linda Pelletier tried to discharge their daughter the following
day, February 14, 2013, and return her to care at Tufts Medical Center,
DCF declared Justina to be a “ward of the state” and moved her to a
psychiatric ward, where she remained for eleven months!
Now, Justina is suffering every day with excruciating pain, and her health is rapidly declining.
++The actions of the Massachusetts DCF and Boston Children’s Hospital are indefensible!
The
State of Massachusetts cannot make Justina a prisoner merely because
they disagree with the medical protocols recommended and administered by
a respected medical institution responsible for her care. The more
light is shed on this tragic situation, the more it becomes apparent
that DCF and Boston Children’s Hospital have grossly violated this young
woman’s and her family’s rights.
This is a tragic case that is beginning to get media attention
solely because a father dared to stand up to statist bullies in a
powerful agency.
Today,
I simply need your help to offset the legal expenses we are incurring
in defending the Pelletier family. We do not charge the Pelletiers, or
any client, for legal representation.
Please go here to make your best gift possible:
Justina's family is only allowed one, 1-hour visit and a 20-minute phone call each week – and both are heavily supervised.
It
is an outrageous expression of raw statism for government officials to
remove a child from the custody and care of her parents when they were
following the counsel of licensed medical professionals who had been
charged with her care!
If you were in the Pelletier’s shoes, you would doubtless wage
an aggressive legal fight to obtain justice. That’s exactly what we are
doing on the Pelletier family’s behalf!
Please
help today with whatever sized gift is possible. Your gift of $50,
$100, or even $1,000 will help Liberty Counsel meet these and other
critical needs. Please, send a special gift today:
Please
also pray for the Liberty Counsel legal team as we meet growing
litigation challenges, especially on behalf of America’s families. With
your help, we can stop outrageous attacks on parental rights and turn
back related assaults on religious freedom and the freedom of speech.
THANK YOU in advance and for standing with the Pelletier family and may God abundantly bless you!
Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
PS. Just imagine if this outrage was happing to a loved one in your family! Please, go here to help:
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