CDC faces lawsuit over unstudied childhood vaccine schedule as COVID-19 shots added without parental consent

08/21/2025 / By Belle Carter

A federal lawsuit filed on Aug. 15 accuses the CDC of inadequately testing its childhood vaccination schedule, allowing children as young as 12 to be vaccinated without parental consent in some jurisdictions. The lawsuit demands that the CDC halt its universal vaccine recommendations until rigorous, long-term safety studies are conducted.
The plaintiffs argue that the CDC has never assessed the cumulative risks of administering multiple vaccines simultaneously, especially with the recent addition of COVID-19 vaccines to the schedule. They are concerned about the potential exposure of children to experimental mRNA technology without parental oversight.
The lawsuit highlights that the CDC’s childhood immunization schedule recommends 72 vaccine doses by age 18, which is more than most other developed nations. Critics argue that this approach ignores documented risk factors and prevents doctors from exercising individualized medical judgment.
Two plaintiff physicians, Dr. Paul Thomas and Dr. Kenneth Stoller, faced professional repercussions for challenging vaccine orthodoxy, including license suspensions and revocations.
The lawsuit argues that the CDC’s policy violates medical ethics and parental rights, especially with the recent decision to add COVID-19 vaccines to the childhood schedule without safety data and parental consent. Legal experts suggest that this case could set a precedent for parental rights nationwide.

A federal lawsuit filed Aug. 15 accuses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of failing to adequately test its childhood vaccination schedule, allowing children as young as 12 to be vaccinated without parental consent in some jurisdictions.

The legal challenge, brought by physicians, a health freedom nonprofit and legal advocates, demands that the CDC halt its universal vaccine recommendations until rigorous, long-term safety studies are conducted. The plaintiffs argue that the agency has never assessed the cumulative risks of administering multiple vaccines simultaneously – a concern heightened by the recent addition of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) shots to the schedule, which could expose children to experimental mRNA technology without parental oversight.

MRNA vaccines are not traditional vaccines. “Instead of using weakened or inactivated viruses to stimulate immunity, synthetic genetic material encased in toxic nanolipid carriers is injected into cells,” Brighteon.AI‘s Enoch points out.

The CDC’s childhood immunization schedule currently recommends 72 vaccine doses by age 18, protecting against 16 diseases – far more than most other developed nations. Yet critics, including the plaintiffs in this case, argue that the agency has never studied how these vaccines interact when administered together, nor their long-term effects on developmental, neurological or immune system health. (Related: CDC rolls out 200 routine vaccines for 2025, way up from 1983’s SEVEN routine childhood injections, zero for adults and pregnant women.)

The lawsuit highlights that most vaccines on the schedule fall under Category A, meaning they are universally recommended with few exceptions – only children with specific high-risk conditions can opt out. This, the plaintiffs argue, prevents doctors from exercising individualized medical judgment and ignores documented risk factors, such as genetic predispositions to adverse reactions.

“We’re asking the courts to force the CDC to change the childhood vaccine schedule from Category A (universal recommendations) to Category B (shared decision-making between families and physicians) until the CDC does the testing its own advisors have recommended for decades,” said Richard Jaffe, the attorney representing the plaintiffs, in a statement.

Two of the plaintiff physicians have faced professional repercussions for challenging vaccine orthodoxy: Dr. Paul Thomas, an Oregon pediatrician, and Dr. Kenneth Stoller, a former California physician.

Thomas had his medical license suspended after publishing a retracted study suggesting that vaccinated children in his practice experienced higher rates of chronic illnesses, including autism and ADHD. Stroller, meanwhile, lost his license after using genetic testing to identify children at higher risk of vaccine injuries and issuing medical exemptions based on those findings.

A third plaintiff, Stand for Health Freedom, an Indiana-based nonprofit, argues that the CDC’s one-size-fits-all approach violates medical ethics and parental rights.

COVID-19 vaccines added without safety data and parental consent

The lawsuit takes on new urgency following the May 12 decision by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to add COVID-19 vaccines to the childhood schedule for ages 12 and up. In Washington, D.C., this means public health officials can now vaccinate minors without parental consent.

If a child suffers an injury – such as myocarditis, neurological damage or long-term immune dysfunction – pharmaceutical companies and schools are legally shielded from liability under the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act and the 2005 Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, which grants immunity to COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers.

The lawsuit also cites a June admission by the CDC’s new Vaccine Safety Technical (VaST) Work Group, which acknowledged that the cumulative effects of the childhood schedule have never been studied. The group’s chair, Dr. Martin Kulldorff, a former Harvard epidemiologist, has previously criticized the lack of transparency in vaccine safety monitoring.

Legal experts say the case could set a precedent for parental rights nationwide, especially as more states consider removing religious and philosophical vaccine exemptions.

“This is about more than vaccines – it’s about who gets to make medical decisions for children: parents or the government?” said Serafin Fernandez, an attorney with the Parental Rights Foundation, which is co-leading the challenge. “If we don’t stop this now, we’re heading toward a system where the state has total control over children’s bodies.”

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