After a lot of publicity and blowback for a ridiculous ruling barring a mother the right to see her son because she’s unvaccinated, Chicago Judge James Shapiro reversed his ruling:
FOX NEWS – A Chicago judge reversed his decision that stripped an unvaccinated mother of her parental rights over her 11-year-old son.
“Judge Shapiro just issued an order vacating portions of his prior order of August 11th so Rebecca Firlit can see her son again,” Rebecca Firlit’s attorney, Annette Fernholz, told FOX 32 Chicago Monday.
Firlit said she has not seen her son since Aug. 10, and that Cook County Judge James Shapiro initially revoked her parenting time with her son until she gets vaccinated. She previously recounted to the media that she has been divorced from her husband for several years, and said she doesn’t want to get the jab due to previous adverse reactions to vaccines.
Shapiro reversed his decision on Monday after the story gained traction in the media, which Fernholz credits with helping Firlit’s case.
“I think there’s been a lot of media outcry,” Fernholz said. “The divorce bar here in Illinois has been responding when they saw it on the news.”
As for Firlit, she said she “was surprised” by the judge’s reversal, “but my reaction is I’m grateful.”
Even though I didn’t expect the judge to reverse his ruling either, I’m pleasantly surprised that he did and glad this mother will not be able to see her son again.
I have to say that despite the very bad initial ruling, I respect the mom for abiding by the ruling and allowing this to play out in such a way. If she’d made a scene and tried to see her son anyway, this judge may not have been as willing to reverse his ruling. I’m very happy she acted with such self-control and this has worked out in her favor.