RE: Of Two Minds A Bit On This One....
January 9, 2015 at 12:00 pm
(This post was last modified: January 9, 2015 at 12:08 pm by Jaysyn.)
(January 8, 2015 at 7:29 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/conne...motherapy/
Quote:Connecticut’s top court rejects teen’s plea to end state-ordered chemotherapy
Quote:Connecticut’s top court on Thursday rejected a request by a teenager diagnosed with cancer to halt the state-ordered chemotherapy treatments she has been receiving, saying her rights had not been violated.
I suppose there needs to be a cut-off point but OTOH 17 is not 5 or 6.
I felt the same way until I read a transcript of the NPR interview with the mom. Dangerous anti-science nutjob. Thinks her daughter would be just fine without chemo. Hogkin's has a 99% fatality rate without chemo.
Also the teen told her doctors that she was refusing treatment because she didn't want to upset her mother.
Quote:FORTIN: This is not about death. My daughter is not going to die. This is about this is my body, my choice; let me decide.
She simply isn't credible as an activist for her daughter's rights since she is not capable of understanding the consequences of refusing treatment.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
