No. of Recommendations: 4
Not exactly "US Policy", but it is involving the courts. Mom didn't want conventional treatment for her son. She lost custody.
nytimes.com - Maha cancer treatment doctors cpsWhen I asked Mooney’s supporters about certain details involving Presten’s care — about Posey’s not having a license or the specifics of Presten’s prognosis — some said they hadn’t known, but most argued that none of it mattered: Mooney had the right to make medical choices for her son. Merrick, the candidate for governor, told me that regardless of whether Presten might have died had he not gone to the hospital, he could also have died while undergoing treatment in the hospital. “I’m going to be on the side of protecting that parental authority until the very end,” he says.
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James expects to retain sole guardianship of Presten. In the near term, he is wary of Mooney spending time alone with their son, whom he sees as impressionable, but he hopes for a future in which Mooney can more freely see Presten. Both mother and son loved each other, he said. “She’s always been his biggest advocate — that’s true,” he said.I'm of two minds on this one. I don't think vaccines should be optional. That affects everyone, not just the individual. But individual medical care? I think that if we take the "village" approach, it's our responsibility to protect the kids, even from their own parents. On the other hand, if the parents are stupid, it's Darwin in action. And, clearly, the parents should have rights as to the raising of the child (but even if they get it killed?).
Tricky.
