My initial reaction was that of course the state should have the right to interfere and what were his parents thinking and how could they and blah blah blah blah blah. But as time has passed, I’ve come to this point where I realize that while I disagree with their choice to refuse treatment (although I think that they have now changed their minds? I read something about it earlier today), it isn’t my choice to make. It’s theirs. Two parents and one child and that’s that. I wonder if I would want anybody to judge my parenting choices when I was making decisions I honestly felt to be in the best interest of my child.

And then again, I wonder at what point in time this becomes a bigger issue. You start with a little dictation, a little interference, from the state. And then what? Will there someday be more interferences and regulations from the state regarding how we raise our children? Or how we make medical decisions for ourselves and our families? Etc.