In 2009, Oklahoman Susan Grady chose prayer instead of medical treatment for her 9-year-old son's diabetes.
Prayer had its usual efficacy.
Grady was charged with, and convicted of, second-degree manslaughter for her reliance upon superstition instead of science-based medicine.
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A Tulsa County jury imposed a 2½-year prison sentence Friday night after convicting a woman of second-degree manslaughter in the diabetes-related death of her ailing son, whose treatment she believed relied upon spiritual means.Prosecutors alleged that Susan Grady acted with "culpable negligence" toward 9-year-old Aaron Grady between June 2 and June 5, 2009, by not seeking medical treatment for him.
In relying on prayer to heal her son, Grady, a member of the Church of the Firstborn, told police in 2009, "I didn't want to be weak in my faith and disappoint God."
Nigh has maintained that Grady's conduct was not unreasonable, based upon the teachings of her church.
| Parents who sit idly by and allow their children to die, using as their excuse for inaction a desire not to anger their imaginary frenemy, are a danger to their children. Their superstitions should not be the legal basis for exemption from parental responsibility.
A simple solution? Remove children from the homes of parents who wish to rely upon faith "healing", and place them with foster families who, we hope, will take proper care of them until they are old enough to make their own health care choices.
Meanwhile, states like North Dakota are moving toward increasing the ability of so-called "parents" to abuse their children, through ballot measures like the "Religious Liberty Restoration Amendment". North Dakotans will vote on this nightmare on June 12th.
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