YorkVol
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Already on probation for involuntary manslaughter following the death of one of their children in 2009, Catherine and Herbert Schaible lost another child last month when they refused to seek medical care for him. This was one of the terms of their probation and it seems one they never intended to keep.
Here are the key questions:
1. Is it right for the state to step in and force parents to seek medical care for their kids? At what point does it cross the line--i.e. if the child has a congenital heart condition, can you force the parents to get the child a heart transplant?
2. Should society selectively impose its will on certain religious groups when it doesn't do so for others? The Amish, for example, are not required to follow many state and federal laws that go against their religious beliefs, so why would the state force this family to go against their beliefs?
3. If you go back just a couple of generations, 7 of 9 kids surviving to age 3 was a pretty good percentage. Both of my grandmothers lost kids during either childbirth or to a childhood disease. Are we expecting too much now?
4. If they had taken the child to the doctor and he still died, would they be charged with anything?
Philadelphia parents who believe in faith healing jailed after another son's death | PennLive.com
Schaible baby's death is ruled a homicide - Philly.com
Here are the key questions:
1. Is it right for the state to step in and force parents to seek medical care for their kids? At what point does it cross the line--i.e. if the child has a congenital heart condition, can you force the parents to get the child a heart transplant?
2. Should society selectively impose its will on certain religious groups when it doesn't do so for others? The Amish, for example, are not required to follow many state and federal laws that go against their religious beliefs, so why would the state force this family to go against their beliefs?
3. If you go back just a couple of generations, 7 of 9 kids surviving to age 3 was a pretty good percentage. Both of my grandmothers lost kids during either childbirth or to a childhood disease. Are we expecting too much now?
4. If they had taken the child to the doctor and he still died, would they be charged with anything?
Philadelphia parents who believe in faith healing jailed after another son's death | PennLive.com
Schaible baby's death is ruled a homicide - Philly.com