(June 30, 2014 at 5:54 pm)blackout94 Wrote: I know this is a little out of context, but can a religious guardian refuse his/her son/daughter a blood transfusion for religious reasons it it's a matter of life or death (in the USA)? Considering a child cannot consent.They certainly can, have done, and are likely to do so again. That doesn't mean that the tree always falls the way the guardian wants it to. I'll try to get you a link, but several judges recently have essentially said "blow jesus out your ass"- Min;style.... when a defendant has been brought before the court with regards to the otherwise preventable death of a child. Couple of high profile cases involved a defendant who'd been brought before the courts on the same charges more than once (which is probably what led the judge in those cases to call bullshit) over a long span of time. A clear pattern of endangering minors in their charge. IIRC, they ended up being charged with murder - not manslaughter, or neglect, and their religious defense was noted but not legitimized. About time we got to this, in 2014.
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