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APNewsBreak: Girl says she knows she'll die without chemo

Meanwhile in Canada:

Canadian girl dead after abandoning chemo for faith based alternative

Canadian girl dead after abandoning chemo for faith based alternative
January 20, 2015 by Michael Stone 6 Comments

Tragic ignorance: Makayla Sault, an 11-year-old Canadian girl who refused chemotherapy treatments in favor of faith based alternatives after “seeing a vision of Jesus,” is dead.

Suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Sault had a 75% chance of survival with chemotherapy. However, Sault, under the guidance of her parents, petitioned her doctors to stop chemotherapy treatments after her “vision of Jesus.”

The treating hospital referred Sault’s case to the authorities,who ultimately decided that Sault would be allowed to abandon modern medicine for ineffective alternative treatments, effectively sentencing the child to death.
 

You know, this story reminds me of my own childhood. When I was a kid, I use to be infatuated with flying. I remember asking my mom if I could keep pigeons and she said that was fine. I only had one. Then, one day at around 8-9, I got the idea that I should try flying. I asked my mom if it would be okay for me to climb to the roof of the house and attempt to fly. My mom said "hell to the fn no" and beat me like a redheaded stepchild. Moral of the story: Just because a kid comes up with an idea doesn't mean the parent should "honor their wishes". Parents need to demonstrate some kind of basic rectitude, logic, and intellect. When they so blatantly fail to do so, the welfare of the child is a stake. If my mom had let me climb up unto that roof and anything had happened to me, she would have been sent to jail. Why isn't that happening in this case?
 
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When there are people in need there will always be parasites like Clement who will try and take advantage of their sitation. He's the lowest of low - selling false hope to cancer patients.

Morally repulsive and just beyond disgusting.
 
When there are people in need there will always be parasites like Clement who will try and take advantage of their sitation. He's the lowest of low - selling false hope to cancer patients.

Morally repulsive and just beyond disgusting.

In America, these people are enabled by the ignorant and anti-science drones that inhabit the right and left. I won't go as far as saying that there was a 100% chance of this kid surviving from cancer with chemo, what I know is that there is no reported case of anybody ever surviving cancer because of Vitamin C injections. I also know that 75% chance of survival is far better than 0% chance of survival. That's borderline snake oil bull****. The fact that the parents "honored" the wishes of a child who "saw Jesus" is, to me, a sign that these people are too damn incompetent and ignorant to be in charge of children.
 
Makayla Sault, girl who refused chemo for leukemia, dies - Aboriginal - CBC







:roll: - You really have to wonder just how stupid these parents are.

Yes, I just read this last evening. A very sad situation. The line seems to be moving related to what is appropriate parental discretion when it comes to the care of a child and what is neglect and/or effectively child abuse. As someone who believes in "free choice" in a variety of areas related to individual, personal life decisions, I find myself also hating some of this type of free choice decision as I do in some abortion decisions. In order to stay true to principle I have to accept that sometimes the outcomes are not what I would hope or wish but still must be respected.
 
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