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Owens signs faith-healing bill
Denver Post, Apr. 17, 2001http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,61%257E22611,00.html  [Story no longer online? Read this]
Tuesday, April 17, 2001 - Gov. Bill Owens on Monday signed into law a bill aimed at protecting seriously ill children from parents who withhold medical treatment on religious grounds.
House Bill 1286 would make faith healing a crime under the state's child abuse law when used in place of medicine for a child in danger of dying. (...) The law was prompted by the illness of Amanda Bates, a 13-year-old Clifton girl who died Feb. 5 of complications stemming from untreated diabetes, days after the bill was introduced. Her parents, members of General Assembly Church of the First Born, did not believe in medical treatment for their daughter. A medical examiner testified during legislative hearings that the girl suffered from massive infections and died a slow, painful death. Since 1974, 13 children of parents who belong to religious sects have died in Colorado from lack of medical care. (...) The bill was strongly opposed by religious conservatives on grounds that it violated the First Amendment's right to freedom of religion. [...more...] [Need the full story? Read this]  |
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