Court forcing 16 yr old with cancer into chemo

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

I know I shouldn't post this but I just can't not. I'm really not trying to start a fight, Moonie.

Given that the US is 36th on the list of infant mortality, meaning that 35 countries have better survival rates for babies than we do, I'd say not. The top countries have a birth system completely run by midwives and a huge number of homebirths. My dislike for our sub-standard American medical system is intense.

In an effort to help SCA and myself come to grip with why this case is upsetting, I was posting those concepts as extreme examples of where government interference in our lives could lead us. Evil examples and certainly not as a suggested course of action. So I don't think any fights are brewing over this between us. Unless of course you do think the government should get more involved with our personal heath care decisions. If that's the case then bring it on