The Justina Pelletier Interview
CPL recently interviewed Justina to discuss their lawsuit, legislation (Justina’s Law) and tips for parents.
April 2020
The Justina Pelletier Story: Medical Kidnapping Part 1 (15 minutes)
The Justina Pelletier Story: Medical Kidnapping Part 2 (22 minutes)
History about Justina Pelletier and Justina’s Law
- Scathing Audit of Mass Agency that Held Justina Pelletier
- Pelletier Family Pushes Passage of Justina’s Law
- Justina Pelletier Tells Her Story on Capitol Hill
- CT DCF Commissioner: Pelletier ‘Circus’ About Parents, Not Justina
- Justina Pelletier brings Congress to its feet
Home less than a month, Justina Pelletier received a standing ovation from about 70 members of Congress during a whirlwind trip to Washington D.C. to push for a new bill nicknamed Justina’s Law.
- “Justina’s Law” Seeks to End Experimental Medical Research on Children Seized by Child Protection
Services
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's Law' introduced in wake of Pelletier nightmare
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 and conflicts of interest.
Bachmann and Justina discuss Justina’s Law
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 REPRESENTATIVESJune 26, 2014Mrs. Bachmann (for herself, Ms. Bass, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Marino)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce
_______________________________________________________________________
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.