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Originally Posted by Elf1
Who determines what "neglect" is?
How does your definition somehow trump mine?
Used to be a child at the age of 5 had chores to do. Some might now say that a child doing chores is neglect of some kind.
But you are right. A parent doesn't "own" a child...a child is not a slave.
But you don't "own" that child either. Your rights to determine what is best or right for a child falls below that of a parents rights.
(just going out on a limb here, but you have stated you don't make a distinction between direct or indirect abuse, you don't make a distinction between levels of intent. It seems that the only "distinction" you make so far is elitist...that your view is somehow better than anyone elses? "My view is more enlightened than that of a parent..." Am I wrong here?)
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A point of this thread is what the law ought to be in regard to proxy medical decisions where denying medical care supposedly based on the proxy decision maker's religious beliefs is the given reason for denial.
Why should someone's allleged religious beliefs have any legal standing whatsoever in regard to making a proxy decision in medical matters for someone else?