Chemo is such a nasty, nasty treatment option...I can certainly empathize with anyone who makes a personal decision that they simply do not want to put themselves through it....even if that means opting for some other pointless foo-foo treatment that will most likely result in death.
On 7/13/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There's a battle brewing in Virginia which is very similar to the > Schiavo case in Florida: a minor, Abraham Cherrix, has decided along > with his parents to refuse a second round chemotherapy in favor of an > organic herbal treatment for Hodgkin's disease. > > A court has decided that his parents decision is equivalent to neglect > and is ordering their son to get the court's recommended treatment. > > I take the same position here as I did with the Schiavo case (because > there's really no difference): the government has no place in a > family's medical decisions given the parents are judged to be of sound > mind. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211047 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
