Parents or the State: Who Decides?

theBeacon ^ | 06.04.09 | Most Reverend Arthur J. Serratelli, S.T.D., S.S.L., D.D

[Talisker]

Sorry, not the school board type. We teach our son life lessons/morals at home. I'm a gentle soul who just cares about kids. You seem to be on a trolling mission.

Like I said, sorry about my efforts on behalf of emotionally disturbed kids. And as for trolling, you were the one who brought up the topic of some sort of inability of childless people to care for the welfare of children. On behalf of the millions of people who would take your position towards them as a slap in the face, I politely disagree.

[mplsconservative]

Playing the victim, I see. It was not my intent ‘to slap you in the face.’ I've worked as a para-professional with many children that have been ignored/abused/assaulted way beyond their years.

[Talisker]

Playing the victim, I see. It was not my intent ‘to slap you in the face.’ I've worked as a para-professional with many children that have been ignored/abused/assaulted way beyond their years.

It's called sarcasm, in response to your disrespect. And as you haven't reversed your contention about the ability of childless people to care for "all children," it seems your "intent" is exactly as you spoke.

Though I applaud your work with harmed children, of course.

[pbmaltzman]

Thanks. My feelings exactly. You stated it better than I did.

[Dianna]

Does the State?

Of course not. It is highly unlikely that the actions of the state will kill this boy. It is quite likely that the parents' actions will.

[verity]

The circumstances of the Hauser case do not warrant this screed's theme.

[Marysecretary]

Something’s afoot alright. God help us all.

[Quix]

INDEED.

THX

[Coleus]

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[firebrand]

“The law's concept of the family rests on a presumption that parents possess what a child lacks in maturity, experience, and capacity for judgment required for making life's difficult decisions."

Slice and dice time: one size does not fit all.

[Chickensoup]

I hope all y’all are pro-choice.

There is a difference between withholding treatment and murder.

[Coleus]

714X

Billy Best, ran away from home to avoid chemo. treatments

Billy Best, Cancer, 714X

Teen with cancer can forgo chemotherapy

[Dianna]

There is a difference between withholding treatment and murder.

Yeah, about the width of a hair

[Talisker]

Of course not. It is highly unlikely that the actions of the state will kill this boy. It is quite likely that the parents' actions will.

Let's not conflate issues. The first is where to right to risk the boy's life comes from, the second is whether the boy will survive the selected treatment.

And as for your likely/unlikely, you won't find a doctor who will say the state-decreed medical approach will cure the boy, NOR will you find a doctor who will guarantee him any particular amount of time of life left, let alone a quality of life, for the boy.

As harsh as it sounds, the parents have the right to risk the boy's life, not the state. That means, if they are not malicious or mentally incompetent, they have the right to make a choice which could lead to the death of the boy. That is not the "right to kill the boy" as you put it - which is about as unfairly inflammatory as you could possibly skew the subject. But it IS the right to make a choice that could lead to the boys death.

Many people here have said that the state has the right to decide the medical procedure which the boy will receive. They are wrong. The state may seize the boy, it may throw the parents in jail, and the boy may live or die. But that is force of legal presumption over property, not right And there are NO administrators, bureaucrats or doctors who will take the personal responsibility of the boy's life. Every one of them will claim to be "just following orders."

[SisterK]

You nailed it: the UN is a major player in End Times.

[Quix]

Whether the globalists trash this UN & set up another such or not . . . that sort of structure will rule the day for 7 years more intensely than anyone but satanists really would prefer.