Mon Nov 1, 2021 – 2:43 pm EDT
KENNER, Louisiana (LifeSiteNews) — A mother will sue after a mobile vaccination clinic at a Louisiana high school gave the Pfizer COVID-19 shot to a teenager without parental consent, an act the family’s lawyer said amounts to “battery upon the minor child.”
According to local news outlet WWLTV, on October 20 an Oschner Health mobile vaccination clinic was rolled out to offer COVID-19 shots to students at East Jefferson High School in Jefferson Parish near New Orleans. The clinic employees administered the jabs to the teenagers after requiring them to present a signed parental consent form authorizing the injections.
In at least one instance, however, the clinic appears to have failed to obtain proper parental permission before administering a jab.
The mother of a 16-year-old boy is now readying a lawsuit with the help of Lafayette-based attorney G. Shelly Maturin, arguing that her son was given the shot without her permission after signing the parental consent form himself.
The Louisiana Department of Health requires that anyone under the age of 18 must first obtain parental consent before receiving a COVID-19 injection.
In a statement announcing intent to sue,
The remainder of this article is available in its entirety at LifeSite News
The views expressed in this news alert by the author do not directly represent that of The Official Street Preachers or its editors
