Posted on 05/25/2009 3:39:41 PM PDT by JoeProBono
A woman and her 13-year-old son who were on the run from court-ordered cancer treatment for the boy have returned to Minnesota, the Brown County Sheriff's Office said Monday.
"Daniel Hauser and his mother have been returned to Minnesota," according to a news release. It did not reveal any additional details, but said there would be a news conference Monday evening.
The FBI's affidavit in support of an arrest warrant for Colleen alleges she fled the state Tuesday to avoid being prosecuted on two state counts of depriving another of custodial or parental rights in Brown County.
The FBI said the pair flew from Minnesota to Los Angeles last Tuesday on Sun Country Airlines. Investigators suspected they might have headed to one of a number of alternative cancer clinics in northern Mexico.
From what I understand the cancer is 95% treatable if caught early (his was) and treated. He had one chemo treatment and it helped shrink the tumor. Since they stopped the tumor has grown according to the HIPAA regulated information the govt released.
Child abuse is child abuse.
(I too am conflicted on this. At the end I must go with the health of the child.)
Hubby had a friend who had cancer. They used clean stem cells and it killed that cancer cells. They then proceeded to kill his liver with chemo. He died of liver failure.
It should be the family's decision and not governments.
So, it's okay for the government to release PRIVATE medical information, but you try it!
Nope, you’re not free to kill your children, period, end of discussion.
So if the kid had been riding his bike and was hit by a car and had broken bones, internal bleeding and a skull fracture, you would be okay with the parents electing to opt for "a different treatment path than what is generally used?"
The Father is for the treatment. The mother is against it.
The family is divided, that is one reason the state is involved.
The Father has parental rights too.
BTW, radiation treatment isn’t that bad at all. My sister-in-law was successfully treated for thyroid cancer with radiation with no side effects to speak of. My father’s prostate cancer was likewise treated with radiation and never resurfaced.
unless they are still in the womb then kill away
I’ve been waiting for someone to compare it to abortion this whole thread.
Some things are just not the government’s business. Medical treatment is one of them,. IF we want the government out of healthcare we need them out of our families/
According to the article, traditional treatment provides a 90% chance of survival. That is almost certain and better than the 5% chance of survival without it.
The State is stopping a murder of a child here, the same as my analogy of withholding food and drink.
That certainly does complicate things.
You got them on that one!
No it's not. This is still a free country and neither you nor the government has a right to tell others what treatment options they can take. It smacks of socialized medicine. Government interference in private issues is always wrong whether you agree with government or not.
He wasn’t denied treatment, he took treatment as you can obviously see from the photo.
He is tired of the chemo that doesn’t seem to be working and wanted to end it to live the best he could with what time he had left.
Denying this boy life-saving treatment is no different than starving him to death. It is absolutely the states business to step in if a parent is killing a child by neglect.
Way to stick to the point.
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