Court forcing 16 yr old with cancer into chemo

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

the boy clearly has an understanding.

But Starchild Abraham Cherrix's (yes, that's his name) is also still a minor and not legally responsible for his own life.

He has Hodgkin's disease. Without proper treatment he will die. With treatment he has a better than 85% of a complete cure.

So what you are arguing for here, is the right of a parent to let their child die while they feed him the "organic diet and herbal supplements" prescribed by a mexican clinic rather than the the standard ABVD chemotherapy regimen.