Category: medical freedom

[PREMIERING NOW] California ‘Hell-Bent on Medicalizing Our Children’: Alix Mayer on Lawsuits Against Medical Coercion | ATL:NOW

“California seems hell-bent on medicalizing our children as a pretense to take them away from their parents. There’s some really bad bills in the legislature right now … Your child, as young as 12 years old, could be talking to a school counselor and say, ‘my parents don’t support my decisions,’ and that day, that…


California ‘Hell-Bent on Medicalizing Our Children’: Alix Mayer on Lawsuits Against Medical Coercion | ATL:NOW

“California seems hell-bent on medicalizing our children as a pretense to take them away from their parents. There’s some really bad bills in the legislature right now … Your child, as young as 12 years old, could be talking to a school counselor and say, ‘my parents don’t support my decisions,’ and that day, that…


[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] California ‘Hell-Bent on Medicalizing Our Children’: Alix Mayer on Lawsuits Against Medical Coercion | ATL:NOW

“California seems hell-bent on medicalizing our children as a pretense to take them away from their parents. There’s some really bad bills in the legislature right now … Your child, as young as 12 years old, could be talking to a school counselor and say, ‘my parents don’t support my decisions,’ and that day, that…


DeSantis Slams Federal COVID Response as He Signs Medical Freedom Bills

Signing four medical freedom bills in Destin on May 11—including one making Florida the first state to ban controversial “gain of function” research—Gov. Ron DeSantis recounted his lonely fight against national health authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic. He spoke to an enthusiastic crowd that gave him such a long-standing ovation when he walked in that…


IN-DEPTH: Florida Set to Approve Medical Freedom Bill Targeting Vaccines, Masks, and Mandates—Some Activists Say It Doesn’t Go Far Enough

The Florida Legislature is poised to pass a medical freedom bill vastly expanding Floridians’ protections against what Governor Ron DeSantis has called “medical authoritarianism.” But even as that’s happening, some of the medical freedom movement’s leaders in the state are denouncing the bill as a sellout and a sham. They decry the substitution of another…


IN-DEPTH: Florida Set to Approve Bill Targeting Vaccines, Masks, and Mandates—Some Activists Say It’s Not Enough

The Florida Legislature is poised to pass a medical freedom bill vastly expanding Floridians’ protections against what Gov. Ron DeSantis has called “medical authoritarianism.” But even as that’s happening, some of the medical freedom movement’s leaders in the state are denouncing the bill as a sellout and a sham. They decry the substitution of another…


Fired Over Ivermectin, ER Doctor Fights for Medical Freedom

John Witcher, a physician and former ER medical director, had his contract terminated in December 2021 when he attempted to use ivermectin for three of his hospitalized COVID-19 patients. A month earlier, Mary Talley Bowden, an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctor, posted on Twitter that she supported ivermectin use for treating COVID-19 and that…


DeSantis Pledges to Hold Vaccine Manufacturers ‘Accountable’

A comment made by Gov. Ron DeSantis during a private Republican Party of Florida event at the Florida Governor’s Mansion has activists across the state abuzz with hope for change they’ve been requesting for more than a year. “We are going to work to hold these manufacturers accountable for this mRNA because they said there…


New Zealand Court Strips Anti-Vax Parents of Medical Custody of Ill Baby

A New Zealand court ruled against the parents of a sick infant on Dec. 7, temporarily stripping them of medical custody of their son after they refused blood transfusions from vaccinated donors, requesting that the health system allow them access to blood from unvaccinated donors who were standing ready to donate. The four-month-old boy, who…


New Zealand Court Strips Anti-Vaccine Parents of Medical Custody of Ill Baby

A New Zealand court ruled against the parents of a sick infant on Dec. 7, temporarily stripping them of medical custody of their son after they refused blood transfusions from vaccinated donors, requesting that the health system allow them access to blood from unvaccinated donors who were standing ready to donate. The four-month-old boy, who…