I have known a few Christian Scientists, who also tend to avoid using doctors. As with any faith system, some are more by the book than others. If this kind of prosecution becomes routine, any Christian Scientist essentially loses there rights when it comes to receiving health care for their children. We should be very careful as a country if we’re going to start declaring certain religious BELIEFS as illegal. Certain actions, I can see making illegal; genital mutilation, for one, disallowing blood transfusions being another.
I don’t know what to advise in reference to newborns. They are already so delicate as is, and their lives are not assured for the first few weeks, is my impression. I don’t know a lot about people that very young.
At a certain point, it could be declared that this infant is very likely to survive under the correct and most common conditions. Therefore, after this particular point, to deny them medical assistance is equal to premeditated murder.
I don’t like the idea of sending two grieving young parents to jail for six years because they were following their faith.
The very beautiful Jean Harlow was a Christian Scientist. She died because she would not seek medical attention. She was rich enough to afford it, was at the peak of her acting career but held to her beliefs.