Over the years KARA has followed the deaths of children dying because their parents withhold medical treatments because of religious beliefs. Beliefs similar to those that prompted the hanging and burning of innocent women as witches in Salem not that long ago.
It is hard to believe current laws deny minimal standards of health and well being for their youngest citizens.
Some states foster very child unfriendly laws concerning access to prenatal care, child health insurance or punishment for withholding available medical care from very ill children based on religious beliefs.
Are children property to be denied readily available medical care?
How often and how hard can you hit your toddler (ten times and leave them bleeding in Kansas and without healthcare )?
Can they be executed for rebellious behavior (Arkansas thought so)
What follows are some of the children that have died because parents refused their children medical care over the past few years. If your state allows the burning of witches or withholding medical care to children make a call to your state representative/Governor, and let your opinion be known (remember, at risk children are too young to speak for themselves and have no voice but yours).
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Toddler dies from malnutrition caused by radical Christian parents’ faith-based vegan dietRaw Story – 23 hours ago
A couple in Calgary, Canada are facing charges after their 14-month old son died from a …
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Fallen followers: Investigation finds 10 more dead children …
www.katu.com/…/Fallen-followers-Investigation-finds-10-more-d…KATUNov 7, 2013 – Fallen followers: Investigation finds 10 more dead children of faith ….. a medical decisions like this based on faith instead of “proper sense” is …
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Faith-Healing Parents Arrested for Death of Second Child …
news.discovery.com/…/faith-healing-parents-arrested-over-death-of-seco…Apr 24, 2013 – Faith-Healing Parents Arrested for Death of Second Child … University and author of the Science-Based Medicine blog, told Discovery News “to …
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Faith Healing | Keep Health Care Safe and Secular
safeandsecular.org/faith-healing/May 27, 2014 – Between 1975 to 1995, the most comprehensive study of the issue found at least 172 children died due to faith-based medical neglect.
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80 Child Deaths Linked to Oregon Church, Parents Say It is …
issuehawk.com/…/80-child–deaths-linked-to-oregon-church-parents-say-i…Apr 25, 2014 – A church in Oregon has been linked to over 80 child deaths since 1976. … faith-
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‘You’ve Killed Two of Your Children’: Judge Seals Faith …
www.theblaze.com/…/youve-killed-two-of-your-children-judge…TheBlazeFeb 19, 2014 – A faith-healing couple from Pennsylvania have been sentenced to … as a result of their faith-based refusal to seek medical help; the child died …
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Faith-based healing kills kids: this time U.S. gets it right and …
whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/…/faith–based-…Why Evolution is TrueNov 15, 2014 – Juvenile diabetes is a disease you come across over and over again in cases of faith healing. Parents simply pray while their children die, …
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The death of children by faith-based medical neglect.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/…National Center for Biotechnology Informationby RA Hughes – 2004 – Cited by 20 – Related articlesThe death of children by faith-based medical neglect. … Child*; Christian Science
; Faith Healing/legislation & jurisprudence*; Fatal Outcome; Humans; Intention … -
Religion-related medical neglect – Children’s Healthcare Is a …
childrenshealthcare.org/?page_id=190CHILD Inc. reports on and opposes religion-based child abuse and neglect. Some religious … Oklahoma mom sentenced to prison in son’s faith-death 2012
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[PDF]Child Fatalities From Religion-motivated Medical Neglect
www.childrenshealthcare.org/PDF%20Files/Pediatricsarticle.pdfby SM Asser – 1998 – Cited by 155 – Related articleswho died between 1975 and 1995 and were identified by referral or record …. seek medical care was primarily based on a reliance on faith healing. Examples of …
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No legal protection for kids in faith-healing families
www.atheistsforhumanrights.org/child.phpwhy most states sanction religion-based child sacrifice. By MarieAlena … Faith healingdeaths of children occur regularly throughout the country. In all cases …
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Shocking Numbers of Children Die in America When Their …
www.alternet.org/belief/shocking-numbers-children–die-america…AlterNetNov 28, 2014 – Miracles may exist, but modern medicine is something all children are … of Children Die in America When Their Parents Turn to Faith-Based …
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Faith Healing: Religious Freedom vs. Child Protection …
www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/faith-healing-religious-freedom-vs-child…Nov 19, 2013 – She exposed case after case of child abuse that would otherwise have gone … They documented 172 faith-healing deaths over a 20-year period, …… to argue that children have either the knowledge base or intellectual …
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Oregon Faith-Healing Parents Charged With Manslaughter …
www.medicaldaily.com/oregon-faith-healing-parents-charged-manslaug…Aug 31, 2013 – At least 22 children associated with the faith-healing Church of the First Born of … Parents Charged With Manslaughter In Daughter’s Death From Diabetes …to have withheld medical treatment in favor of faith-based healing.
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Faith-Based Decisions: Parents Who Refuse Appropriate Care
virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/…/ccas1-0308….American Medical Associationby WE Novotny – 2003 – Related articlesFaith-Based Decisions: Parents Who Refuse Appropriate Care for Their … The mother signed consent because “only death would take my baby from me.
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The Death of Children by Faith-Based Medical Neglect – jstor
www.jstor.org/stable/4144687JSTORby RA Hughes – 2004 – Cited by 20 – Related articlesNov 4, 2004 – methods accounted for eighty-three percent of these child deaths: the. Indiana-
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Miracle vs. medicine: When faith puts care at risk – American …
www.amednews.com/article/20110919/…/4/American Medical NewsSep 19, 2011 – At least 10 child deaths related to faith-based medical neglect come to light each year, but the number of children who die or are harmed is …
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No faith healing instead of medical care for kids, state …
www.thenewstribune.com/…/no-religious-treatment-in…The News TribuneJan 17, 2014 – Many children among the Followers of Christ died when they could have… which has fought to pass laws against religious-based abuse and …
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Parents guilty in son’s ‘faith healing’ death – NY Daily News
www.nydailynews.com/…/oregon-couple-pleads-guilty-recei…Daily NewsSep 19, 2012 – The faith healing didn’t work — he died a week and a half later, … In Oregon, faith
-based healing isn’t a defense against manslaughter charges.
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Defense looks to minimize faith in the faith healing death of …
doubtfulnews.com/…/defense-looks-to-minimize-faith-in-the-faith-healin…Apr 20, 2014 – When people like this serve serious jail time and their faith-basedcommunities get … Oregon media traces child faith healing deaths to Idaho.
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Faith-based Schaibles plead “no contest” in death of child …
doubtfulnews.com/…/faith–based-schaibles-plead-no-contest-in-death-of-…Nov 14, 2013 – Herbert and Catherine Schaible – the Philadelphia couple who have watched two children die because of their belief in prayer over medicine …
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Is James Foley a martyr? A brutal death sparks a faith-based …
www.religionnews.com/…/james-foley-martyr-bru…Religion News ServiceAug 26, 2014 – 24) during the memorial Mass in Rochester, N.H., for their son, James, who was murdered by Islamic militants. Photo courtesy of Shawn St.
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Faith healing – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_healingWikipedia“Death, disability, and other unwanted outcomes have occurred when faith healing was… When parents use faith healing in the place of medical care, many children havedied that … “Faith” in this context is based on biblical uses of the term.
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More children killed by religiously-based medical neglect …
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/…/more…Why Evolution is TrueNov 16, 2013 – The report also gives a list of child deaths from treatable conditions like … Faith-
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Children pay with their lives for parents’ deliberate ignorance
web.randi.org/…/children-pay-with-…James Randi Educational FoundationNov 13, 2014 – Children suffer and die from this antiquated, absurd belief system. … by allowing faith-based exemptions for mistreatment and even death.
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Faith Healing and the Law | Pew Research Center’s Religion …
www.pewforum.org/2009/08/31/faith-healing-and-the-law/Aug 31, 2009 – This regulation required that states receiving funds for child abuse …discrimination based on religion, protected them from prosecution. Almost …
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[PDF]Child Welfare Versus Parental Autonomy – University of …
centerforchildwelfare2.fmhi.usf.edu/…/Child%20welfare%20v.%20Paren…by KS HICKEY – 2004 – Cited by 21 – Related articlesMEDICAL ETHICS, THE LAW, AND FAITH-BASED. HEALING. ABSTRACT. Over the past three decades more than 200 children have died in the.
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Gentle Books for Children Dealing with Grief and Death
www.amazon.com/Gentle-Books-Children-Dealing…/KC8JRF33CG21“Sensitive, empathetic, informative, inspiring, faith-based. “After the Tears” is the best video for helping children deal with the phenomenon of death.” …
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Faith healing – RationalWiki
rationalwiki.org/wiki/Faith_healing“”When I was a boy a farmer’s wife who lived five miles from our village had great …prayer and intercessory prayer, sometimes augmented by faith-based rituals. …children have died in the US since 1975 due to people putting too much faith in …
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Another faith-healing death of a child puts Oregon City …
www.oregonlive.com/…/another_faith-healing_case_pu…OregonLive.comSep 11, 2011 – Prosecutors will contend that the Hickmans failed their son and caused his death because of their faith-based aversion to doctors and …
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Canadian Police Charge Parents After One-Year-Old Boy …
Canadian Police Charge Parents After One-Year-Old Boy Dies Due To Faith-
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Boise lawmaker targets faith healing in children’s deaths
www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2014/07/02/12073859/KTVBJan 22, 2014 – That’s because a variety of religions practice faith-based healing, including the Oregon-based Followers of Christ, which includes members in …