OHSU To
Take Child Away From Mother
By
Don Harkins / The
Idaho Observer
Everyone:
This is Don, Ingri's husband. The following is urgent and,
with a little investment in time from each of you we may be
able to turn a bad thing around with the help of a few people
working for the state of Oregon are acting as if they are on
the verge of understanding that autistic children are not to
be viewed as state-owned guinea pigs for medical research.
Thanks for hearing me out and, if you are moved to do so, send
an email or make a phone call to the folks whose contact
information is found at the bottom of this post.
A little back gournd from my perspective
Oregon Health Sciences University has a very close
relationship with the state's child protection industry. My
own investigations and first-hand knowledge of Oregon's state
Offices of Services to Children and Families (SOSCF) has
proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Oregon runs one of
the most invasive, discompassionate and injurious child
protection rackets in the country. In fact, the work we were
doing while I was at The Oregon Observer from 1995-1996 was
directly responsible for Oregon Child Services Division (CSD)
changing its name to SOSCF in 1996 and hundreds of angry
parents and grandparents burning of CSD/SOSCF Director Kay
Toran in effigy on the state capitol building steps in 1997.
Below is a recounting of the life of 7-your-old Kristopher
Dunn--a boy born into the most nightmarish circumstances
imaginable to a mother who managed to escape those
circumstances with her baby, but not before he had suffered
severe injuries that have resulted in chronic symptoms.
With the support of her family and friends, Kathryn Dunn
sought help for her son by seeking out what she thought was
the most qualified physicians available. She is now days away
from a judge deciding to let the state take Kristopher away
from her so SOSCF can place him in foster care while he is
available for whatever treatment OHSU physicians/researchers
decide is best. One can expect that OHSU's interest in gaining
custody of the child is not the same as those of his mother
and extended family.
The purpose of this missive is to let OHSU and its colleagues
in SOSCF and the courts know that the fate of this
medically-challenged little boy is not to be decided in
courtroom with only a few people the wiser. We want them to
know that the case is being monitored by a lot of concerned
people all over the country. Contact information for the
various players in this travesty is provided at the end of
this post.
Keep in mind also that the case of Kristopher Dunn is not
likely an isolated one. A private investigation into how OHSU
is being funded to "treat" chronically ill children that it
receives through court order is being initiated. OHSU even
employs social workers to scout for children it can remove
from homes and have judges order them placed in that hospital.
The OHSU social worker in the Dunn case has twisted the system
in an effort to undermine Kathryn's capacity as a parent as a
means to have the state order that her parental rights be
terminated and custody be awarded to OHSU. It has been
reported that contact information for the OSHU social worker
Joan Kruse has recently been removed from the OHSU website.
The story I have received indicates this woman has stretched
her boundaries to construct a case against Kathryn so OHSU can
convince the state to terminate her parental rights.
It is bad enough that the state claims ownership of our
children and allows us to parent their "property" on good
behavior only, but for state employees to steal them through
the court system for use as guinea pigs in what is best
described as medical research is arguably the most horrific
crime the state can commit against children and families.
We have to act fast on this one. Kathryn will be in court
defending her right to care for her own child Friday, Nov. 11,
2005. As it stands now, Kathryn's attorneys have tried
unsuccessfully to negotiate a better fate for Kristopher. It
is OHSU's opinion that it has no need to negotiate anything
because it holds all the cards. I, personally, want OHSU to
know that there is are factors here their bureaucratic minds
have not considered.
Out of our
own love for children and in defense of the right of parents
and families to raise their own children each one of us is a
factor that can turn the tide in this case just by making
OHSU, et al, aware that good people are on the outside looking
in on them.
A group close to the case is planning to mount and advertising
campaign to locate other families whose children have been
wrongfully removed from their families and ORDERED into state
custody so OHSU can have easier access to them. The
preliminary stages of this investigation indicate that the
world of decent people will be horrified when the pattern of
state-sanctioned abuses of children and families through OHSU
is exposed.
Thank you for your time. If you have any questions, please
feel free to call me.
No matter what,
Don Harkins
The Idaho Observer
(208) 255-2307
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