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Originally Posted by ExpectantlyIronic
Look at the thread title.  Incidentally, there is no good reason for a parent to refuse medical treatment for their child: religious or secular. |
As a parent, I disagree.
There are many things a parent needs to consider when faced with medical treatment.
What is the success rate of the treatment?
What is the level of pain associated with that treatment?
What is the quality of life the child will have thereafter?
and yes, even though I don't agree with the result, what are the beliefs associated with such treatment.
As a hypo...say the chance of survival of the treatment is under 5%. The treatment will only extend the life of the child for, at most, 2 years. However, the treatment is incredibly painful...
According to you, those would not be good reasons to deny treatment?
(And I know the title of the thread. However, as pointed out, if it is okay to deny treatment for any reason, or no reason at all, why say those are okay but not for religious reasons?)