I believe strongly in the right to die. Very strongly. But not when it applies to these facts:
1 - 13 year old child
2 - Hodgkin's lymphoma - 90% CURE (not survival) rate if treated. 5% survival rate if untreated.
3 - Said 13 year old child has a learning disability and does not possess the ability to READ.
4 - The "religion" he is wanting to follow (which does not allow treatment) was founding in the 1990's (yeah, like twenty years ago).
I do believe that if these parents continue to fight treatment against court orders, as they say they will, and this child dies, they should be charged with murder.
How would you reconcile being this kid's PD? I sincerely hope chambers and argument were markedly different.
"Activist Judges"
Saturday, May 16, 2009
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2009-05-16T17:56:00-07:00
Momma