What is up with parents letting their children die? Follow

No, in this case the parents were wrong. A judge would find the same conclusion (see the current story about the boy with cancer). Legal process has shown that, if a medical procedure or treatment has a significant chance of saving the child's life, and withholding or abstaining for said treatment will undoubtedly result in the child's death, the courts will make the child go through the treatment.

Why are you asking such a dumb rhetorical question? It says right in the article the mother is found guilty of second degree reckless homicide, so the obvious answer is "No, a child is not allowed to die because of the parents' irrational fanatical beliefs." Or add a caveat that they'll go to jail.

This is just Katie going "Rabble rabble rabble religion rabble rabble outrageous rabble rabble!" Nothing new.

She was jonesing for that "insulin" you hear about on the news! Try that stuff once and you need it for life, man!

What better way to have nothing to do with them for the rest of your life than to let them die prematurely?

I wish I had some trauma to crysturbate on CNN over.

The preacher would go to hell because suicide is a mortal sin.

Disgusting, really disgusting. However it is important to not judge all Religions or denominations on the actions of a few. I myself hold no great love of organized religion I know who I serve and excercise my beliefs freely without the need of a building or peers and really often feel sorry for those who limp through life praying to god for every step and praising every mundaine life event as a miracle. Jehova doesn't want that, he doesn't ask us to do that the bible teaches common sense and courtesy not fanatical stupidity.

The loss of a child is sad, even moreso that the parents allowed it however consider the mother. She had faith that God would heal her child, her friends and pastor assured her he would, she honestly believed the child would live. She was naive and well stupid but still she did not want her child to die. Now in addition to dealing with knowing her decision resulted in the death of her child she has to re evaluate her faith which is now no doubt in question, She is I assure you emotionally and mentally destroyed at this point.