I have a couple of JW friends who'd let their child die before receiving a transfusion- not because they believe prayer will save their child, but becausee they think god doesn't want them to give their child a transfusion.
I guess I believe that to withhold medical treatment in your child interferes with the kids right to religious freedom. Its imposing the parents religious beliefs on the child, really. If the child chooses to not have treatment (at age 13 that seems a reasonable age, no?) due to HER religious beliefs thats one thing but kids younger than a certain age should just be treated, depite the parents beliefs. A kid isn't property. You can't decide to kill it based on your religious beliefs, right? So how come you can choosee to let it die for the same reason? Only adults or people of some age of consent should be able to opt out of life saving medical treatment. That is an adult decision. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265410 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
