Free Choice, Just Choose What We Say You Can

There is a woman and a thirteen year old boy with cancer on the run right now because rather than having traditional chemo his family chose to go with alternative treatments. So the court system got involved, called this medical neglect and ordered the boy into chemo treatments. Instead of making the court appearance the mother took her son and disappeared. Has a line been crossed when the government can force medical treatments for our children? Sure, it could be considered reasonable, this boy needs treatment and the doctors believe only traditional chemo will work, but people do have success with non-traditional treatments. Recently a five year old boy died having a simple laser tonsil surgery, should his mother be charged for signing him up for a surgery that killed him? We all know how bad for you McDonalds is, soon will you lose custody of your kids for neglecting their health and feeding them a Happy Meal? What about all the people that refuse immunizations for their kids because they feel they are bad for them, will the court step in and force them to do something they don’ believe is right?Freedom isn’t lost in a sweeping blow but by one little bit at a time. So when it comes to medical care and choices for our children what is reasonable? Some people die with chemo, some people die without chemo. One thing I know from experience is that no one knows going in what the outcome of battling cancer will be. No one wants to look back and say maybe we should have done this or that, but certainly to look back and say maybe that would’ve worked had we been allowed to make the choice, would be a frustrating place to be. This mother is acting not out malice but out of love and what she believes is best for her son. But is she wrong? Is it fair for someone else to decide right or wrong? And when it comes to protecting our children, look around, there are children everywhere whose parents are not making decisions out of love for their children. Children who are in danger in their own homes all the time. These situations don’t require second thoughts, these children need protection. Yet so many don’t get any help. So is it right that a boy in a loving home whose parents are doing something, just not what the majority support should be put in this situation? Freedom, such a delicate issue and so important to us all.

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