The Child Cases: How America's Religious Exemption Laws Harm Children

by Alan Rogers

When a four-year-old California girl died on March 9, 1984, the state charged her mother with involuntary manslaughter because she failed to provide her daughter with medical care, choosing instead to rely on spiritual healing. During the next few years, a half dozen other children of Christian Science parents died under similar circumstances. The children's deaths and the parents' trials drew national attention, highlighting a deeply rooted, legal/political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625340729
• ISBN13: 9781625340726
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"