EXCERPTS: Wheelchair-bound Justina Pelletier, the 15-year-old girl effectively “state-napped” for 16 months by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) and Boston Children’s Hospital, appeared on Capitol Hill Wednesday to relate the tale of her medical mistreatment and imprisonment and urge Congress to pass “Justina’s Law,” a bill to defund involuntary medical research upon children in state custody.
Justina’s case generated much interest worldwide after government officials on their own initiative took custody of her in order to impose their health plan on her and her family. Justina was reunited with her family June 18.
At the time, Mat Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel, said, “The family looks forward to putting this 16-month nightmare behind them. Justina and her family now begin the process of healing both physically, emotionally, and spiritually.”
Part of that process is pursuing passage of “Justina’s Law.”
Liberty Counsel, which began representing the Pelletiers in late February and worked diligently in the courts to free Justina, arranged for her testimony today, along with other meetings with legislators this week.
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