Idaho's laws permit parents belonging to faith-healing sects to refuse medical care for their children, resulting in preventable deaths.

NEW: For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of treatable conditions. https://www.propublica.org/article/faith-healing-idaho-deaths-followers-of-christ?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post #News #Idaho #Law #Children #Religion #Health #Medicine #Parenting

"Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen." https://www.propublica.org/article/faith-healing-idaho-deaths-followers-of-christ PS: In most states, religious belief is not a defense to #ChildAbuse. I discuss some of the cases and statutes in this 1992 lecture. https://dash.harvard.edu/entities/publication/73120378-9650-6bd4-e053-0100007fdf3b But #Idaho is one state that stands apart. And now a growing number of conservative and Christian-nationalist judges reinterpret the #FirstAmendment to put the free-exercise clause ahead of the establishment clause. #Ethics #FaithHealing #Religion #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics