Mom facing jail over refusal to vaccinate son
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Bredow was given one week to get her son vaccinated, but refused citing her beliefs. (iStock)
A Michigan mother has one week to get her 9-year-old son vaccinated or will face jail time, after an Oakland County judge sided with the child’s father.
“I would rather sit behind bars for standing up for what I believe in, than giving in to something I strongly don’t believe in,” Rebecca Bredow told 7 Action News.
Bredow, a mother-of-two, said she and her now-ex-husband agreed at the time of their child’s birth that they would delay and space out vaccines for their son.
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“It wasn’t until they started grouping them together that I backed off of doing vaccines,” she told 7 Action News.
Bredow said she educated herself and chose waivers available under Michigan state law, which allows for vaccine exemption based on religious, personal or medical beliefs.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“I believe in the choice of the parent to make the right decision based on their knowledge of vaccines,” she told 7 Action News.
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But the boy’s father disagrees, and took their battle to court. A judge ordered Bredow to have her son vaccinated within one week, or face an undetermined amount of jail time.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“I feel like my rights as a parent have been taken away,” she told 7 Action News.