Juvenile court judges warn: vaccinating children is mandatory. Understand why.
The ECA (Brazilian Statute of Children and Adolescents) mandates immunization and imposes sanctions on parents who fail to comply. There is a precedent within the STF (Brazilian Supreme Court) on this matter.
By Manoela Alcântara, Metrópoles - The Ministry of Health's Technical Note stating that Covid-19 vaccination for children is not mandatory, and the constant political reiterations that only parents "who want to" will immunize their children, have provoked serious discussions in the legal field. An intense battle of interpretations of the legislation is anticipated, but lawyers, prosecutors, public prosecutors, and judges from the Children and Youth Courts throughout the country have maintained that there is a consistent set of rules in the country that establish the opposite of what the Brazilian health agency says – and authorities such as Minister Marcelo Queiroz himself and the President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
In publications and interviews with Metrópoles, legal professionals affirm that immunization for young children is indeed mandatory and that there are provisions for sanctions against those responsible, ranging from fines to, in extreme cases, the loss of custody of their children.
These experts base their opinions on the Statute of Children and Adolescents (ECA), established through Law No. 8.069 of July 13, 1990, as well as on the already consolidated understanding of the Supreme Federal Court (STF).
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