Court Sets Ominous Precedent, Strips Mom of Parental Rights for Not Taking COVID Vaccine
By Matt Agorist
Chicago, IL — In an unprecedented violation of rights, a case out of Chicago, Illinois should worry even the most stringent pro-vaccine advocates. A well-meaning mother has been stripped of her parental rights in a tyrannical move by a Cook County judge. After learning she hadn’t taken the COVID-19 vaccine, judge James Shapiro stripped Rebecca Firlit of custody.
“I miss my son more than anything. It’s been very difficult. I haven’t seen him since August 10th,” Firlit told FOX 32 News in an exclusive interview.
Firlit has been divorced for 7 years and she has split custody with her 11-year-old son’s father. The two were in a virtual custody hearing earlier this month when Firlit says Shapiro randomly asked for her vaccination status.
Firlit told Shapiro that she opted out of the vaccine because she is susceptible to complications and adverse side effects due to health issues. After her honest answer, this tyrant judge — who would have fit right in to 1930s Germany — immediately stripped Firlit of all of her parenting time.
If she wants to see her son again, she will have to take the jab, the judge said. Firlit can no longer see her son in person and has been limited solely to phone and video calls.
“I think that it’s wrong. I think that it’s dividing families. And I think it’s not in my son’s best interest to be away from his mother,” Firlit said.
Firlit correctly stated that the judge has no business taking away her parental rights over her vaccination status. She told FOX 32 that she will be appealing the court order. Hopefully, she gets a different judge who is not as tyrannical as Shapiro.
“It had nothing to do with what we were talking about. He was placing his views on me. And taking my son away from me,” Firlit said.
Firlit has since hired an attorney, Annette Fernholz who says that the judge has no authority to make such decisions.