Should parents be allowed to refuse cancer treatments for their sick children?

[Maxito]

Interesting article about this 13-year old boy running away with his mother when the courts ordered the parents to go to Chemo treatment for their son. What are your guys thoughts?

NEW ULM, Minn. - The man authorities believe could be with a Minnesota teenager who ran away to avoid chemotherapy did the same thing more than a decade ago in Massachusetts.

Officials believe Billy Joe Best could be traveling with 13-year-old Daniel Hauser and his mother. The Hausers allegedly fled New Ulm, Minn., after a court-ordered medical exam showed his Hodgkin’s lymphoma had worsened.

In 1994, 16-year-old Best ran away to avoid having more chemotherapy to fight his Hodgkin’s disease. He returned after three weeks in Houston when his parents promised they would not force him to have the treatments.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30824587/?GT1=43001

[GibbsFactor]

I really don't know the answer to this.

[Maxito]

well ooops, my bad. This is a double post. I checked the first two pages of the tailgate to make sure it wasn't posted. Sorry.