http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/10/earlyshow/living/parenting/main700908.shtml
When did we, as Americans, lose our right to make our own decisions about the medical treatment of our children?
This is a 12 year old girl who can think for herself, and she doesn't want the treatment.
Now, admittedly I don't know these people, and I don't know to what degree her parents have influenced the girl's opinion. But, even if they are wrong, and the girl needs radiation therapy to cure her of the cancer, isn't it her right and the right of her parents to refuse treatment?
This is similar to another case in Utah about a year ago in which the State had ordered a girl taken from her family because they would not subject her to the medical treatment prescribed by her doctor. This also brings up thoughts of the Terry Schiavo case in which government officials tried to enforce their views regarding the treatment of a vegetative woman.
Disgusting, it makes me sick to my stomach. And to make matters worse the State officials had even considered removing the family's other three children and placing them in State custody. It's time to start another letter writing campaign, I think. Darrell Azar of Texas Child Protective Services is going to get an earful from me, along with whatever judge is assigned to the case.
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Should the government get involved when parent's don't want medical treatment for their kids that is necessary? Kids need the most protection and parents aren't giving kids the fighting chance on life that they deserve.
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