Dear family, friends , and all those concerned about justice .........

                                                              6/30/14

Dear family, friends, and all those concerned about justice,

     Greetings on this glorious day that the Lord has made - let us rejoice and be glad in it!  Hope that you and the loved ones are in good health and are getting along.  Please read the letter that I'd received from Liberty Counsel Action that describes an injustice that occurred here in the United States!  Please help make the health care system better here in the United States!

Dear Kenneth,

     You probably have heard about the shocking story of Justina Pelletier, then-14-years old, now 16-year old young girl who was taken from her parents by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families.

     I have spoken about this tragic case on Glenn Beck's TV and radio, Fox News' Megan Kelly and Gov. Mike Huckabee's Show, in the Boston Globe, the Washington Times, and several hundred other local and national media.

     Justina Pelletier's is the Connecticut ice-skating competitor who was, without any due process, shockingly taken from her parents and her Tufts Medical Center team by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF).

     She has been incarcerated now for 16-months, deprived of medical treatment, religious services, education, and barely able to see her parents only one-hour per week.  She has gone from a competitive figure to being confined to a wheelchair because of maltreatment for a metabolic disorder.

     The story of Justina Pelletier is like a horror movie - or something that happens in police-state Communist countries! (I have enclosed an insert telling more of this shocking story).

     Kenneth, can you imagine the anguish for both Justina and her parents at being FORCIBLY separated?

     Over a year ago, Justina's parents made sure she was being treated for mitochondrial disease, a rare genetic disorder, by Dr. Mark Korson at Tufts Medical Center.  Because Justina GI doctor from Tufts transferred to Boston Children's Hospital, Dr. Korson recommended she be admitted to Boston Children's Hospital when she developed a flu-like symptom and experienced gastro-intestinal distress.

     But at Boston Children's Hospital, a new, young and inexperienced intern doctor, in ONLY the seventh month of his internship, took it upon himself to call in a psychologist and CHANGE the working diagnosis from mitochondrial disease - into "somatoform disorder" - a mental disease.

     Right away Justina started suffering and going downhill when her physical disease was no longer being treated.  This once active teenager is now in a wheelchair.

     When Justina's parents, Lou and Linda Pelletier, were presented by Boston Children's Hospital to follow a new treatment plan, one that called for the discontinuation of all medical treatment, medications, and no second opinions - they asked to discharge Justina to take her back to Tufts Medical Center.

     That is when Boston Children's Hospital called in DCF, and DCF took Justina from her parents.  During the past 16-months Justina has had virtually no medical treatment, no religious services or access to clergy, and no education.

     Massachusetts, prisoners are entitled to regular visits, education, and medical care - but Justina was treated worse by DCF than incarcerated felons.  She had one-hour supervised visitation per week, no education, and abysmal medical care.  Seeking to silence the parents, DCF filed a complaint to hold the father in contempt of court for violating an alleged gag order that was never put in writing.

     I was outraged when I heard about this crime against Justina and her family.

     I knew I had to help them.  As Chairman of both Liberty Counsel, our legal defense group, and Liberty Counsel Action, our educational lobbying group -

     - we immediately went on the offense in support of Justina and her parents.  We began a series of legal actions against DCF while at the same time raising the alarm to the public and lawmakers over this criminal act against Justina and her parents.

      Massachusetts DCF bullies had no idea they would be challenged over their criminal actions and under legal pressure and the scrutiny of the media and the public, which DCF wanted to avoid - they finally agreed to drop their contempt motion against the father, and not oppose the motion we prepared to provide medical treatment to Justina by transferring her back to Tufts Medical Center.

     But then the judge overseeing this case in the Suffolk County Juvenile Court in Boston inexplicably ordered that Justina remain in DCF's custody.  So the battle to free Justina goes on.

     As I write you this letter we have filed a significant pleading at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and a motion in the Massachusetts Juvenile Court requesting that Justina Pelletier return to her home to be with her mom and dad.  Now that they have been exposed - DCf says they will not object to our motion.

     This is clearly a significant event for Justina and the Pelletier family, and we hope that the family will soon be reunited.  But this is NOT the end.  What if DCF and/or the judge in this case change their mind?  We cannot let up for one moment.

     The ones responsible for this atrocity must be held accountable for their extreme conduct!

     I am asking you to help me let Justina and her family know they have the support of America in this battle over parents' and individual rights - against these out-of-control government bureaucrats and judges.

     Justina need our encouragement and prayers.  Please sign and return to me the enclosed WELCOME HOME Card to be delivered toher along with thousands of others.  If you want, write a short note on the back to let Justina know of your support - and that you are supporting us in our defense of her rights.

     And I am asking that when you rush back your signed card to Justina - that you will also include the best gift you can to help our efforts to defend her rights and the rights of her parents - and bring those accountable to justice.  Please let me hear from you right away.

                                            Sincerely,


                                            Mat Staver

P.S.  If you agree that DCF violated the rights of both Justina and her parent's - and must be heldaccountable - then I am asking you to do three things: 1) pray for Justina and her family; 2) return your WELCOME HOME card to Justina with your own short note of encouragement if you want; 3) and include the best gift you can to help us continue to expose and hold accountable those responsible.  This type of government bureaucrat arrogance must not be allowed to stand!

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For more information:  Mat Staver, Chairman, Liberty Counsel Action, P.O. Box 190, Forest, VA 24551