MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has ruled that a 13-year-old cancer patient whose parents want to treat him with “alternative medicine” must seek conventional medical treatment for their son.
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Daniel was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and stopped chemotherapy in February after a single treatment. He and his parents opted instead for “alternative medicines” based on their religious beliefs.

Child protection workers accused Daniel’s parents of medical neglect; but in court, his mother insisted the boy wouldn’t submit to chemotherapy for religious reasons and she said she wouldn’t comply if the court orders it. READ MORE

This is another no-brainer — brainless parents who nearly killed their own child and still intend to do so. The mentally-challenged teen has cancer which will likely kill him if the doctors can’t administer chemo, but the parents are incredibly stupid and careless, and want to cure the boys cancer with herbs and sweating. This wonderful “alternative treatment” has had the fantastic result of allowing the tumor to grow, further endangering the boy’s life.

The judge and Child Protective Services have rightfully seen that religious freedom ends when a child’s well-being is in danger, and they’ve stepped it, but the fact remains that the parents ARE GUILTY OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT and need to go to jail. This kind of crap doesn’t deserve respect from anyone. Their other 7 children are all in constant danger, because their parents are willing, and indeed eager, to place them all in the same jeopardy in which they’ve placed their Daniel.

If we are to evolve as a society we must not tolerate this kind of bunk. Child endangerment for religious reasons is child endangerment, and nothing less. It’s society’s duty to throw both parents in jail and place the kids in healthy environments.

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