Did the judge go to far? Forced treatment on kid with cancer.

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If the kid was 8 years old, or younger, I don't know. I might side with the judge.

Even then, I don't know. But the kid is 16, almost an adult. I think him and his parents should be able to make the decision on what they want to do with his health.

I think the judge went to far.

Having said that, going to Mexico for some herbs and a diet plan sounds like a Health Nazi Weirdo idea to me. But hey, it's a free country, and we have a right to make bone head decisions if we want.


I know Chemo is dangerous in and of itself. If the cure was 100% solid, this might be a different thing. But with something like Chemo, which can kill you, this should be a very personal decision to make, not one made by the state.

Hodgkin's has a very high survival rate. Seeking alternative treatments in Mexico is insane. I would vote for "no" but the option is a bit fuzzy in the wording.

I fixed it, I made it so you had to vote against the judge either way. By accident of course. Must have been a Freudian slip.

I dunno. My argument is not that the going to Mexico for some herbs is pure out STUPID thinking. It is stupid.

From his name, Starchild , I'm assuming he is from some nutty hippy like health nut family into crystals and herbs and positive energy or whatever.

I have run into many health nuts over the years, and most of them are sick in some way. And they are into the anti doctor thing like religion. Doctors suck, they are quacks out to get your money, they put poison in you, this tea bark will do better.

The anti doctor health nuts wind up going for years and years with curable ailments, but they won't go to a doctor because they are so full of the nutty propaganda that some special diet is going to cure them.


I think most of them are way off base. But it's their right to do so. One's personal health care is up to the individual, not the state. Being forced to go to a doctor by a judge, against your will and being forced to take drugs or chemicals that are against your belief system aint right in my book.

I clicked yes before I found out the kid's name was Starchild...


I agree with Whidden, basically... they should have the option of choosing his treatment and, honestly, if they don't want the treatment at all... that should be an option. A sick, painful option... but still their's to choose.

That's insane! The decision of treatment should be left up to the family and should have NOTHING to do with state. The judge, social worker and whoever besides the family had no right to force him to do anything.

It's a personal decision (in my opinion). I sure as hell wouldn't want anyone deciding what I should do with my body and health other than me!

All right then. Rant over

I think he did. It's the child and the family's choice how they want to approach it.

I am surprised the Judge can order this kid to revcieve treatment especially as he is 16, I don't about the US but in the UK at 16 you are classed as an adult and as such can make your own descions regarding health and treatment. If the guy had learning diffculties or his illness was affecting his thought process i.e depression and suicidal thoughts then obviously somebody has to step in and make a descion for him but this does not appear to be the case.

I think I would need more info about where this guys head is at.

Regardless, who is he to say what the boy and his family should or should not do? I mean if the boy wanted treatment but his parents are like NO, SORRY, WE'RE DIRTY HIPPIES AND ONLY WANT FLOWERS FOR MEDICINE, then I would understand the judge stepping in for the boy's rights. But otherwise, the only ones who should make the decision are the family. I don't like when the state intervenes in issues that where it has no place to be intervening!

Only want flowers for medicine,

MF'n hippies.

-HECK!

In saying that though maybe the judge thought that due to his upbringing and his parents beliefs that the boy had been brainwashed into refusing treatment.