About CHILD
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Children’s Healthcare Is a Legal Duty is to end child abuse or neglect related to religion, cultural practices, or quackery through public education, research, legal action, and a limited amount of lobbying.
WE SUPPORT
- Laws requiring medical care of children, including preventive and diagnostic measures, without exception for religious belief
- Reporting of child abuse and neglect without religious exemption
- Licensing of child care facilities including those run by churches
- Ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
ACTIVITIES
- Publishing a newsletter
- Filing lawsuits and amicus briefs
- Supporting laws that protect children against medical neglect
- Providing emotional support for victims of religion-based medical neglect
- Providing speakers
- Collecting and disseminating information about court cases and state and federal laws
PUBLICATIONS
CHILD will send a complimentary copy of our newsletter and flyer upon request.
CONTACT INFO
We welcome your comments. We also appreciate your sharing with us information about cases of child neglect or abuse related to rigid belief systems.
CHILD, Inc. – 136 Blue Heron Place, Lexington, KY 40511 – 859-255-2200 – 208-985-0414 cell admin@childrenshealthcare.org
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President and Board Members
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PRESIDENT
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Executive Director
Massachusetts Citizens for Children
Boston, Massachusetts
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Fellowship Director in Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington
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Childhood Health Assoc. of Salem
Salem, Oregon
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Director Vaccine Education Center
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Dean, Levin College of Law
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
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PEDIATRICS CONSULTANT
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- Seth Asser, M.D., F.A.A.P.
San Diego, California
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HONORARY MEMBERS
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- Barton Adrian, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Ketchum, Idaho
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- Randell Alexander, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chief
Div. of Child Protection & Forensic Pediatrics
University of Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
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- Bette L. Bottoms, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs
Dean of the Honors College
Professor of Psychology
Univ. of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
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Legal Counsel
Kempe Children’s Center
Denver, Colorado
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- Ford Cauffiel, Ohio Commodore
CEO, American Steel Products Co.
Toledo, Ohio
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- Lucy S. Crain, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.
San Francisco, California
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- James G. Dwyer
Arthur B. Hanson Professor of Law
William & Mary School of Law
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia
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- Hon. Charles Gill
Judge, Superior Court
Connecticut Judicial Branch
Litchfield, Connecticut
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- Frank Harvey, Deputy District Atty.
Ninth District Tennessee (retired)
Kingston, Tennessee
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- Janet Heimlich
Executive Director
Child-Friendly Faith Project
Austin, Texas
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- Barbara Knox, M.D.
Medical Director
Univ. of Wisconsin Child Protection Program
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
American Family Children’s Hospital
Madison, Wisconsin
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- Deborah Lowen, M.D.
Director
Center for Child Protection
Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, Tennessee
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- Michael Morey
Attorney (Retired)
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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- Stanley Plotkin, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Professor Emeritus
Univ. of Pennsylvania
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
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