CT DCF Commissioner: Pelletier ‘Circus’ About Parents, Not Justina
“Justina Pelletier has been free since the middle of June. That’s when the State of Massachusetts released the now 16-year-old West Hartford teen back to the custody of her parents, following a sixteen month custody battle.”
Justina Pelletier brings Congress to its feet
“Home less than a month, Justina Pelletier received a standing ovation on Wednesday from about 70 members of Congress during a whirlwind trip to Washington D.C. to push for a new bill nicknamed Justina’s Law.”
Bachmann and Justina discuss Justina’s Law
Reps. Bachmann, Bass, Marino, and McDermott Introduce “Justina’s Law”
“Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) joined with Reps. Karen Bass (D-CA), Tom Marino (R-PA), and Jim McDermott (D-WA), the co-chairs of the Foster Youth Caucus, to introduce bipartisan legislation that prohibits federal funding for medical experimentation on a ward of the State.”
Justina Pelletier’s Nightmare
“It’s hard to determine where the tragedy begins and the travesty ends. It’s a story that has gripped and enraged a nation. It’s a sordid tale of governmental tyranny, child imprisonment and endangerment, harmful and unethical medical experimentation, as well as a number of gross conflicts of interest.”
2d Session
H. R. 4989To prohibit Federal funding of any treatment or research in which a
ward of the State is subjected to greater than minimal risk to the
individual’s health with no or minimal prospect of direct benefit._______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 26, 2014
Mrs. Bachmann (for herself, Ms. Bass, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Marino)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To prohibit Federal funding of any treatment or research in which a
ward of the State is subjected to greater than minimal risk to the
individual’s health with no or minimal prospect of direct benefit.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as “Justina’s Law”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST FUNDING FOR TREATMENT OR RESEARCH IN WHICH
A WARD OF THE STATE IS SUBJECTED TO GREATER THAN MINIMAL
RISK WITH NO OR MINIMAL PROSPECT OF DIRECT BENEFIT.
No Federal funds may be used to conduct or support treatment or
research in which a patient or subject is–
(1) a ward of the State; and
(2) subjected to greater than minimal risk to the patient
or subject’s health with no or minimal prospect of direct
benefit.