To a degree, parents have the right to reject medical treatment for a child. There must be an immediate threat to the child’s life or health to ignore their refusal. A preventative vitamin shot is not such a case. Superseding the parents’ wishes here would require a court order.
To be clear: I think the parents that made this decision are stupid and short sighted, and it sucks that children suffered as a result. I’m just pointing out that the doctors’ hands are legally tied.
Why do doctors have to listen to parents? If a parent abuses a child the child gets taken away but if he abuses a baby somehow it’s ok?
To a degree, parents have the right to reject medical treatment for a child. There must be an immediate threat to the child’s life or health to ignore their refusal. A preventative vitamin shot is not such a case. Superseding the parents’ wishes here would require a court order.
Tell that to the bloodless babies
To be clear: I think the parents that made this decision are stupid and short sighted, and it sucks that children suffered as a result. I’m just pointing out that the doctors’ hands are legally tied.