"When the social-service worker came and interviewed me, I told him how Abraham felt and about how we had met a person who had been cured by this [alternative treatment] and how we were supporting Abraham's decision. I said, 'What will you do with my little boy? Will you take him somewhere and strap him down and put duct tape on his mouth and pump full of this stuff if he doesn't want it?'
"He said, 'No, I will come to your house with a uniformed officer, and I will take your son by force if he resists. And I will take him to somebody who will do that.'
This state's belligerent attitude stems from...
...a court order by Judge Jesse Demps of Accomack County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court who ordered Abraham's parents to bring him to Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters in Norfolk by 1 p.m. tomorrow and give consent to whatever treatment the hospital recommends.
That the judiciary is running amok seem evident from recent court rulings some which are covered succinctly and humorously by blogger Wuzzadem in Terrorists and Totalitarian Health Care Professionals, Please Line Up on This Side of the Courtroom The Seriously Ill and Severely Disabled, Please Line Up on the Other Side of the Courtroom, Next to the Mafia Guys...
Read both articles.