[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by woob

Are we protecting them or are we saying "you must use medical procedures we say" and if they don't do that then we're taking your child, fixing him/her, and adopting them out since you don't agree with us?

Like I said, I'm split down the middle on this as I know there are idiotic examples out there, but if a parental unit is proven to 100% care for their child, love and provide for them, and show no signs of any neglect, why can they not decide to try alternative methods on their own children? Yes, there are a lot of hoaxy things out there, but we're also starting to see more examples where changing ones diet, exercise, etc is having remarkable effects on certain conditions/diseases.

And I think you misunderstood what I meant by bringing up Right To Die - I did not mean to apply to this situation. Apologies for any confusion.

There is a big differnce between saying "you must use the medical procedures we say" and saying "you have a respnsibiltiy to provide/consent to reasonable medical intervention to save your child's life"

Forgoing a treatment with a 75% chance of success for some quack witch doctor is not reasonable.