CLEVELAND (Reuters) An Ohio judge on Friday formally ended a court effort to force chemotherapy on an Amish girl whose parents had defied a hospital over her treatment for leukemia, according to a ruling released on Friday.
Medina County Probate and Juvenile Judge Kevin Dunn terminated the medical guardianship for the girl, ending a legal battle over the limits on parents’ rights to make medical decisions.
not really what one would think from reading the title.
there was no compromise here
the child’s symptoms have abated and the judge gave orders that if these symptoms re-occur the family is to seek immediate medical treatment or the medical custody would be re-instated.
DISCLAIMER: Catholic Answers has turned over the archive to Catholic-Questions.org and no longer owns, manages, or moderates the forums. For additional apologetics resources please visit www.catholic.com.
