Judge rules that boy must take chemo
In an update to my previous post, a state judge ruled that an illiterate 13-year-old boy does not have the right to refuse chemotherapy, in part because he only has a “rudimentary understanding at best of the risks and benefits of chemotherapy. … he does not believe he is ill currently. The fact is that he is very ill currently.”
The judge did not remove Daniel from his parents’ custody but required that they proceed with medical evaluations to determine whether chemo is the best course of action
The judge said that if the boy’s prognosis remains good, the judge will require chemo, but if the cancer is too advanced, then he will not.
If the boy and his family refuse judge-ordered chemo, then the boy will be removed from his parents’ custody. The judge did not comment on what result would follow if the boy physicall fought the administration of the drug.
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