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Parents Of 6-Month Baby Refuse Vaccinated Blood Transfusion. Hospital Takes Custody

Health Officials Gain Guardianship Of Baby Whose Parents Refused Vaccinated Blood Transfusion

By Tess McClure (https://www.theguardian.com)

*Link to full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/health-officials-gain-guardianship-of-baby-whose-parents-refused-vaccinated-blood-transfusion

A New Zealand high court judge has ruled in favour of health authorities who sought guardianship of a baby boy after his parents refused to consent to a transfusion of “vaccinated blood” in a life-saving operation.

The landmark decision, delivered on Thursday, is expected to have wide-ranging ramifications and has become a focus of protests for anti-vaxxers who held demonstrations outside the courtroom.

The six-month-old known as Baby W will not survive without urgent surgery for a congenital heart defect. His parents said they were unwilling to proceed unless they were given a guarantee he would only receive blood from unvaccinated donors.

New Zealand’s health authorities and blood service argued that allowing the parents to refuse vaccinated blood would set a dangerous precedent, in which patients could demand to pick and choose where their blood came from.

The high court decision places the boy in the guardianship of his pediatric heart surgeon and cardiologist “for the purpose of consenting to surgery to address the obstruction and all medical issues related to that surgery, including the administration of blood” said Justice Ian Gault in a summary of the judgment.

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