▲ 556 ▼ Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth (www.propublica.org) submitted 3 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/news@lemmy.world 116 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 months ago (1 child) 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? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) Tell that to the bloodless babies permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago* 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) Tell that to the bloodless babies permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago* 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) Tell that to the bloodless babies permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago* 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 months ago* 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. permalink fedilink source parent