A Rhode Island resident named Joshua Nagel has filed a complaint with the state health department alleging that his family’s pediatrician used “thuggish force” when administering Covid shots to his young daughters. The Nagel girls were jabbed against their father’s wishes after the Rhode Island Supreme Court effectively sided with the girls’ mother.
As The Federalist previously reported, Joshua and his then-wife Lauren Nagel were granted a divorce by a final decree in September 2020. As part of the couple’s divorce agreement, both Lauren and Joshua would share in all major decisions affecting their children’s health — including elective medical choices. While Lauren wanted to give their children the experimental jab, Joshua did not, leading her to seek an order from a trial court last year that would grant her unilateral authority to give their daughters the shot based upon their pediatrician’s advice, which was to vaccinate.
While the trial court found Joshua’s refusal to consent to give the girls the Covid shot was not “objectively unreasonable,” it nonetheless overrode the divorce agreement in January, deciding it would be within the “best interests” of the Nagel girls to receive the jab. After rejecting an amicus brief from dozens of medical professionals who argued the “potential benefits of vaccinating [the Nagel girls] are far outweighed by the certain risks of harm to them,” the Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s decision on May 5.
In his complaint filed with the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), Joshua is claiming that
