Teen girl and mother fight the state over right to refuse chemo cancer treatment

[KitSileya]

99. Did I say I've never known an adult to refuse treatment?

No I didn't.

I do understand that in countries like the US, where you can go bankrupt for going to the hospital, that many adults refuse treatment simply because of financial reasons. However, I find that absolutely barbaric. If money is not an issue, and adults still want to refuse treatment for injuries or easily-treated diseases, they are free to do it, but I would question their mental health if they did. If they would risk a high chance of death or even certain death than undergo a treatment that is 80-90% guaranteed to cure them, I most definitely would say it's time for a psychiatric evaluation. A parent who would deny the child treatment that would in 80% of the cases save their life, while they would certainly die without it, should be charged with reckless endangerment of their child and the custody of that child should be taken away from them.