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Guilty, guilty, guilty: The mother who relied on prayer instead of medicine for her child

May 23, 2009
Respectful Insolence
Guilty, guilty, guilty: The mother who relied on prayer instead of medicine for her child About a year ago in Wisconsin, an 11-year-old girl named Madeleine Neumann died of diabetic ketoacidosis thanks of the irrational religious beliefs of her parents, who prayed for her but did not take her to a physician even as Madeleine became weaker and more ill, her deterioration leading to a most unpleasant death. Highly unusual in such cases, the DA actually prosecuted the parents for second-degree reckless homicide. Given the unjustifiably privileged position irrational religious... RSS Share it

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