Religiously-Motivated Medical Neglect

Cases of Childhood Deaths Due to Parental Religious Objection to Necessary Medical Care

Religious liberty could protect unconscionable acts
Focus article in the October 3, 1999, Boston Sunday Globe
by Jetta Bernier and Marci Hamilton

Jeopardizing Childrens' Lives
A policy report on
The Need for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to Require Repeal of Religious Exemptions to Medical Care for Children
Massachusetts Citizens for Children, July 1994

Death by Religious Exemption
An Advocacy Report on the Need to Repeal Religious Exemptions to Necessary Medical Care for Children
Massachusetts Citizens for Children, January 1992

Victory in Massachusetts
CHILD, Inc. Newsletter, 1994 #1
After a 3 year struggle ending in December 1993, Massachusetts became the third state in the nation to remove all religious exemptions from a duty to provide medical care to a sick child.

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