Posted on 08/03/2010 10:55:02 AM PDT by inflorida
Christian convert Rifqa Bary is refusing chemotherapy for cancer because she believes that she was cured at a faith-healing event, according to a motion in Franklin County Juvenile Court.
Rifqa was to undergo a year of chemotherapy after her cancer was surgically removed, the document filed by her parents states.
But Rifqa, who is in foster care, was taken to a faith-healing event in Youngstown a couple of weeks ago by Franklin County Children Services, without her parents' consent, according to the document.
A motion to force treatment is to be considered today in Juvenile Court.
Rifqa's attorneys, meanwhile, are asking the court to make "special findings" so that she can obtain an immigration status that will allow her to stay in the country and obtain medical care. Rifqa, a native of Sri Lanka, does not have legal status in the United States, her attorneys have said in court.
An attorney for her parents, Mohamed and Aysha Bary, indicated in April that the family also was pursuing immigration documentation. All parties are under a gag order and cannot comment on any aspects of the case.
Rifqa ran away from home in July 2009, saying her Muslim father would kill her for converting to Christianity. She lived with evangelical pastors in Florida before returning to Ohio to live in a foster home.
That case is to conclude next Tuesday, when Rifqa will turn 18, making her an adult.
Meanwhile, tests have determined that Rifqa has a "rare form of cancer," according to her attorneys' court filings. Her supporters have said she has uterine cancer.
It's unclear whether she is cancer-free at the moment. The Barys' attorney, Omar Tarazi, said in a motion that Rifqa will need a hysterectomy if the cancer returns.
(Excerpt) Read more at dispatch.com ...
Unfortunately she won’t be free from the immigration bureaucrats and her parents’ Muslim-paid lawyers who likely will challenge her immigration status and could ask that she be sent back to her Islamic homeland where as an apostate a horrible fate would await her.
Yes, but two can play that game.
Agree 100% on all counts.
The story at the link has been substantially revised from the original posted article. patriot preacher is correct in saying not to take reports in the MSM at face value. Partial new material:
Gatterdam also took exception to Rifqa’s parents’ attorney’s claim that she went to a faith-healing event in Youngstown and then quit chemotherapy. He said the girl went to a “prayer conference” shortly after her diagnosis and then had “multiple surgeries and chemotherapy.” He said the treatments made her very weak and sick.
Not surprising....
That you were correct ...
or that they revised the story!! LOL
Not surprising....
That you were correct ...
or that they revised the story!! LOL
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Er, MY apologies... Pardon the unintended appearance of arrogance!
Not surprising that they revised the story!
I knew what you meant but couldn’t resist a tweak...
When I went to the link I saw right away that the article had been rewritten and said something completely different rendering most of the posts moot. An interesting discussion, however.
“The court will have nothing more to say to her or about her.”
Yes, they will. She is not here legally and unless they grant her asylum or a visa or something to allow her to stay she will be sent back to her home country.
Praise Jesus for Rifqa’s healing. I have been one of the many praying for this.
I was referring to the family court that has jurisdiction over her because she’s a minor.
That is completely damn different than the story we were first presented with.
If they feel comfortable omiting certain facts in the first, I wonder what they left out now?
The first story left it at she possibly still had cancer and made no mention of her continuing to monitor her health with doctors.
Good for her and the right decision.
My Mom stopped her therapy after it was absolutely through 3 opinions, her cancer was gone.
She goes to to the doctor every six to eight weeks.
Then I misunderstood, I thought you meant she would be completely free from any further legal issues.
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