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However, this was a compromise entered willingly by both parties and the family seems content with the decision for the moment. I have an update pending.

The family reached a compromise with the state, judge ordered Abraham to be treated by a state-certified oncologist with interest in alternative therapies, and to start conventional radiation treatments rather than chemotherapy.

Unfortunately, IMO, I think this still represnts a major loss for this young man. Let us pray that he remains strong enough.

One life lost is too many! And that is what our children are doing!
Losing their lives because our GOVERNMENT uses them as guinea pigs!
You will never convince me otherwise!
GO ABRAHAM! I SUPPORT YOU!

While alternative treatment such as Traditional Chinese Medicine and anything based on nature usually don’t kill you in dealing with a disease. Sometimes these treatments are not effective also but that should not discount them. But as was stated in the article the boy has gone through Chemo once and it wasn’t effective.

Actually the word “Alternative” is wrong. It is psycholinguistics used by the medical community to prevent people from seeking advice beyond their skill set. Many people used to call Chiropractic alternative and in some places it is still considered. While I personally prefer to get a good massage instead of having someone pull my bones in ways they weren’t designed to go it helps many people I know.

Now when someone chooses to go to a doctor that isn’t approved by the AMA he is one of those bad people seeking alternative medicine. The judge looks at the legal brief and sees the word Alternative and immediately discounts the treatment. But because we have given unprecedented power to the government they can TAKE YOUR CHILD AWAY for seeking a different treatment. Nobody I know who was on Chemo would recommend it if there was a different option. They all say it was the worse experience of their life. This situation isn’t someone saying they will pray for healing. But alternative medicine is seen as many as nothing better than prayer even though it has been clinically proven to treat many diseases.

I don’t know anything about this clinic or its treatment. But if the boy has already undergone chemo and the cancer came back statistically a second treatment will not kill it either. But his body is much weaker from the treatment and he might not make it and/or because of his weakness allow the cancer to grow faster.

The bottom line has already been said. Regardless of whether this treatment is good, or if someone wants to pray for healing it is their choice. When you take that choice away from one family regardless of it being prayer, alternative medicine, or even a less popular conventional therapy you set a horrible precedent others can use to take away even more of your choice.

It is always difficult to support the right of someone to make a decision you feel is wrong and potentially even harmful. But it is Abraham’s body. And he has gone the chemo route before and feels it almost killed him then. He doesn’t wish to repeat it. So we would support him if he were to just give up and die peacefully, but not in the ability to seek out an alternative treatment?

In the transcript, the father seems to indicate that Abraham was given a 25% chance to live by his doctors. Not a great chance. He doesn’t seem to think it is worth it. Do we have the right to force that on him?