No, they didn't have to. These children had no rights whatsoever. If parents/adoptive parents refused treatment, the Administration for Children's Services would take the child away and put them in an orphanage and force the drugs directly into their stomach via tube. They have absolute power in NYC to take any child away for any reason, including refusing experimental treatments.

No, they didn't have to. These children had no rights whatsoever. If parents/adoptive parents refused treatment, the Administration for Children's Services would take the child away and put them in an orphanage and force the drugs directly into their stomach via tube. They have absolute power in NYC to take any child away for any reason.