Michigan Sues To Force Cancer Drugs On Kid...

[eyer]

...in what some propose is "a preview of a fully implemented Obamacare."

Here's the synop:

9-year old kid "was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma, a dangerous bone cancer, and he had surgery to remove a tumor and then chemotherapy to follow up"...

“After all of these rounds of chemotherapy were completed, there was a PET scan done to check on the status of the cancer. There was no evidence of cancer detected in Jacob’s body. Jacob’s family and friends rejoiced in his healing – praising God for this wonderful outcome,” Farris said.

But he said the doctors demanded to continue chemotherapy and radiation, citing their “standard of care.”

Jacob’s parents “begged the doctors to make an individual diagnosis, rather than simply following unbending standards. But the doctors were steadfast. All children with this cancer needed multiple rounds of these drugs – regardless of PET scan results, the doctors contended,” HSLDA reported.

The parents refused, and the doctors contacted Child Protective Services to ask that the parents be charged.

When the local CPS agency and prosecuting attorney refused, the doctors called the state to pressure the agency to file charges.

That's when "the Michigan Department of Human Services" "filed suit to force the parents to administer the chemicals to their son even though he’s been clean of cancer on scans over the past year"...

..."lower courts twice have ruled against the demands of state agency officials."

One ruling of which was last December when the State of Michigan pursued a "medical neglect" case against the parents; now the government is fighting against “the ability of parents to make medical decisions contrary to the views of doctors.”

...the state agency has filed an appeal with the Michigan Court of Appeals demanding Jacob be given the chemicals, including ifosfamide, etoposide and doxorubicin, even though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration states that for ifosfamide and etoposide, the “safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established.”

The warning for doxorubicin is stronger, stating, “Pediatric patients are at increased risk for developing delayed cardiotoxicity.”

http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/state-demands-child-take-cancer-causing-drugs/

 

[Stewart_Pidd]

same crap happened under GW and Clinton bro!

Stew

 

[eyer]

Here...

...have a stick of Juicy Fruit.

Yw...

 

[mercury14]

What does this have to do with Obamacare?

 

[cum2ut]

They did that in Utah too. A kid had leukemia & the parents wanted to do homeopathic remedies. They ended up leaving the state, which had put out an APB for them. They fought two suits brought by the state to extradite them, & finally were told the state had to back off. All that time they had treated their kid & he was given the clear by his drs when he got back. He did really good for a few years & then it came back. This time the parents consented to chemo & he still ended up dying. I know there's parents who don't care, but if a parent is choosing not to pump their kid full of radiation, why fight it?