child abuse?

Question

is it child abuse if the baby has not had any of his shots?and has been to the Drs 2 time in his life? this is a 9 mt old.and what happens to the child if his dad and mom are turned in?do they take the baby?do they help them get care? what happens.?

Answer 1

It is not child abuse if a child is not vaccinated (has not had his shots). It is considered a personal decision, though it is one that could be question by authorities and may put the parents under scrutiny that they may not appreciate. (Personally, I believe it is irresponsible parenting, but I don't think you were asking for opinions.)

If a child has not been to a doctor at all? Neglect, maybe, but generally not abuse. It could be considered abuse if the child has an obvious medical condition which should be addressed by a medical professional (and no, a runny nose and cough isn't always cause to go running to a doctor). If the child has been generally healthy, then well-baby visits are a good thing, but could be seen as not necessary.

There is also a religious consideration... there are some religious groups that do not believe in medical intervention. If the parents were in this group, they may have religious reasons why they do not take their child to a doctor. They may still be under scrutiny, though, if they were reported to CPS.

If a person is turned in to CPS for anything, they will be investigated. If the child is being neglected, the family could simply get some guidance, or the child could be snatched away. I've heard that it really depends on the sort of day the case worker is having.

Answer 2

OK calm down. It is not child abuse if they baby does not get his shots. There are lots of mothers out there that choose not to get their child immunized. As long as the baby has been healthy his whole life so far and you've had no need to take him to the doctor that is not abuse either. If someone reports you then it will just get thrown out, its really not a big thing. No they won't take him. And if they did because they see signs of abuse then the first thing they do is find them a foster home. The foster parents take them to the doctor and checked up, and given the shots, since he would no longer be in your care.

Answer 3

The shots, it is down to parents discretion. If they do not want their child to have the vaccination there is no way to make them. Quite a few parents do not agree with vaccination, personally I always think better safe than sorry, I'd prefer them to be vaccinated and not go through the ordeal of having the illness. My kids have been to th doctors on a regular basis since they have been born. I have been slightly unlucky with my kids health. Unless the baby is sick he wouldn't need to go to the doctors, just for the regular health checks. If you are very worried you can arrange for the health visitor to do a home visit. Hope it helps :-)

Answer 4

its not child abuse at all....not getting imunnized is his parents perogative. and with no shots to give, baby doesnt need to go to the doctors every month....twice in 9 months sounds fine to me.
if it were true abuse, you can place an anonymous phone call that may or may not get substantiated with a 'home visit' from CPS and depending on what they see, if it was DIRE abuse, then yes, they could have a baby taken out of that home, the parents would be arrested but not likely to do jail time. but no shots? please! NOT ABUSE!

Answer 5

Being wrong and being legally neglectful are two different things. While not taking your child for well child checks is bad parenting, it's not legally neglectful. It is only neglect if they are ignoring immediate medical needs. Failure to immunize is also not neglect or abuse, although, depending upon the state in which they reside they may have difficulty enrolling the child in day care or school.

Answer 6

Its not child abuse. But if money is the reason they havent done this and they live in the US they should go to the local Health Department -most have free immunizations or it may only cost $2 or $3 at most.

Answer 7

It depends on the situation if they have healthcare and the baby hasn't been seen then yeah i think it's wrong.But if they dont have healthcare they need to go find some assistance some where. I'm not sure if they would take the baby for something like that. I wouldn't call it abuse i would call it neglect though.

Answer 8

it's not considered child abuse unless something physical happens because of this ignorance. it IS considered Neglect, which should be turned in to Child Protective Services, if you see that the child is not getting the proper health care he/she deserves. Immunization is key to a healthy child...

Answer 9

I recieved 2 sets of vaccinations as a baby, and I had a horrible reaction.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Speaks out Vaccinations cause autism and neurological delays

On July 20th, the ‘Power of Truth’ rally in Washington D.C. was held to bring together more than 700 people for the Autism-Mercury Debate. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a nephew of President John F. Kennedy, has spoken out reaffirming that vaccinations containing thimersol most likely were the cause of many of the childhood neurological conditions and the government has covered up and protected the vaccine companies from being held responsible. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was published on Salon.com on June 16th, 2005 and also an article in Rolling Stone June issue.

In order to prevent an uprising, a press conference was held by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reassure that vaccinations are safe. The director of the CDC, Dr. Julie Gerberding stated, “There has been a renewed interest in the issue of vaccine safety, particularly on the issue of whether the preservative thimerosal …. May be linked to the occurrence of autism in children.” The CDC estimates that one in 166 children under age 10 have autism. In the US there are at least two million people with this disability. The government does not acknowledge a link to thimerosal, which is a type of mercury used as a preservative in vaccines, causing autism.

The debate started many years ago, but at one point the CDC thought differently.

On June 7-8 2000, top government scientists and health officials along with four major vaccine manufacturers all met at Simpsonwood conference center in Norcross, Ga. One of the scientists attending was Dr. Thomas Verstraeten, a CDC researcher originally reported the link between thimerosal causing speech delays, attention-deficit-disorder, hyperactivity and autism. Verstraeten was working at the CDC on a study to determine if thimerosal was causing neurological problems in a database of 76,659 children.

After this meeting, Verstraeten appeared before the Institute of Medicine -- part of the National Academy of Sciences, and he made an unexpected opening statement. "First, I should mention that as of 8 a.m. European time I have been employed by a vaccine manufacturer," Verstraeten said, according to a transcript. "That means since 2 a.m. American time," this was just hours before his presentation on behalf of the CDC.

Since this time there has been legislation to add release of any liability to drug companies from thimerosal-related health issues. In 2002, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who has received $873,000 in contributions from the pharmaceutical industry, added a rider known as the "Eli Lilly Protection Act" into a homeland security bill. Eli Lilly contributed $10,000 to his campaign in addition to purchasing 5,000 copies of his book on bioterrorism. Congress repealed the measure in 2003, however earlier this year; Frist slipped another condition into an anti-terrorism bill that would disallow reimbursement to children with affliction from vaccine-related brain disorders.

Vaccine manufacturers are phasing out the use of thimerosal in vaccinations. Thimerosal is still being used in the US for some vaccines including several pediatric flu shots and also tetanus boosters given to 11-year-olds. The ‘Power of Truth’ rally is to bring awareness to insure that the vaccines are safe and that thimerosal will not be used in the future, they are not against vaccinations but the toxic preservative that is in them.

Yeah! so, If the parents dont want shots, then they may actually be keeping their kid from being autistic, like I almost was.

Answer 10

there is no law requiring the shots. Its not abuse. if the baby is sick and the parents do nothing it might be neglect. There are also religions that do not allow modern medicine or medicine at all, you can't do anything about that.