Hospital blocks young girl from life-saving transplant over vaccination status, family says | 7 Feb 2025 | A mother is speaking out after she says her 12-year-old daughter was denied a place on the heart transplant list at Cincinnati Children's Hospital because of her vaccination status. Brayton and Jeneen Deal, who adopted Adaline from China, said she was born with two heart conditions that will now require a transplant. Stephanie Stock, president of Ohio Advocates for Medical Freedom, posted a video to Facebook speaking with Jeneen Deal about why Adaline is not yet on the list. "The doctors at Cincinnati Children's were talking with us and told us that one of the requirements [for being] put on the list is to have the [useless and often deadly] COVID vaccination and the flu vaccination," Deal said. "That is against everything we believe in." The family said they asked for a religious exemption, but the hospital declined -- citing its transplant policy.