The Houston Chronicle reports:
A state requirement that children in foster care be inoculated against disease has prompted another round of headaches for lawyers who represent 464 children taken from a polygamist ranch last month . . .
“They want to inoculate the children and the parents have contacted the attorneys and said ‘What do we do?’ ” said Polly O’Toole, a Dallas family law attorney who represents one of the children.
Some parents worry that even if they don’t want their children immunized, they will appear uncooperative with the state and risk losing their child forever.
“That’s a really hard question,” O’Toole said about parents who want to refuse. “If you refuse to allow your child to be inoculated, are you — the mother — going to be branded by CPS as non-cooperative? Are you going to be considered as not having the best interests of your child?” . . .
