Thursday, April 14, 2011

Is It Murder If a Mom Withholds Cancer Treatment From Her Child?


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Imagine you are a single mother suffering from depression, overwhelmed with caring for an autistic, nonverbal and developmentally disabled son. If he were diagnosed with cancer, what would you do?

Kristen LaBrie, a Massachusetts mother, chose to disregard a prescribed chemotherapy regimen. On Tuesday, two years after her son, Jeremy, died  at age 9, a Superior Court jury declared her guilty of attempted murder.[...]



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2 comments :

  1. Z:UApril 17, 2011 at 12:10 AM

    Could be neglect, but not murder...

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  2. Ben MIkraApril 18, 2011 at 1:42 AM

    the collapse of the traditional family in UK

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1377940/The-collapse-family-life-Half-children-parents-split-16-births-outside-marriage-hit-highest-level-centuries.html

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