For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of treatable conditions.
  • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    29 天前

    Fuck “parents’ rights”, parents do not have the right to make decisions for their children that will harm them, or against the child’s own wishes

  • Malyca@lemmy.zipEnglish
    41·
    28 天前

    Every single one of them should go away for life for murder, because that’s what this is

  • HeartyOfGlass@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    28 天前

    For some families like Liam and Malachi’s, the death of a child wasn’t a one-time tragedy: Records show at least five sets of parents have lost multiple children, a phenomenon that has not previously been reported.

    “My neighbor said God keeps killing his babies so I asked how many babies he has and he said whenever a baby dies he just makes a new one so I said it just sounds like he’s just feeding babies to God and then his wife started crying”