Under current law, Washington State fails to completely protect children from medical neglect. Because of religious exemption loopholes, parents and caretakers can get away with providing only prayer instead of necessary medical care to children.
This is not right. The law must be changed!
Fortunately, the Child Health Protection Act (HB 1376/SB 5749) is making strong progress in both the Washington State House and Senate. This legislation will protect vulnerable children and eliminate these unconstitutional religious exemptions.
Now is the time to push this legislation forward and pass it into law!
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For the sake of the argument, let's say I want to withhold medical treatment to my children but am non-religious. From what I understand this type of law give the religious parents a privilege that I couldn't claim myself. Because I don't believe in a god I do not have the same privileges as a believer even if those privileges are something as horrible as child endangerment.
People with religious beliefs should not have more privileges than someone without religion. My view is that this is a slippery slope that should never have been started.
Yes, endangering children should be stopped but religious privileges need to be stopped also.
Interesting perspective that I hadn't considered. Thank you.
A messed up law, or oversight. Religion hides too many dangerous people and protects too many with brainless or uncaring attitudes.