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Article: Faith healing vilified in wake of girl's death.(Culture, Et Cetera)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 23, 2001
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DENVER - The painful death of a 13-year-old diabetic girl in Colorado has reignited the debate over where to draw the line between religious freedom and child neglect.
The state legislature is considering a bill that would repeal the religious exemption to the state's child-abuse law, making it easier to prosecute parents who deliberately withhold medical treatment in favor of prayer or faith healing.
The measure comes in the wake of a statewide uproar surrounding the Feb. 6 death of Amanda Bates, who died of complications from juvenile diabetes. Her parents, Randy and Colleen Bates, who belong to the General Assembly Church of the First Born in ...