Although religion is often benign, it is dangerous when dogma harms children. Recently, Ava Worthington, the girl whose parents rejected conventional medicine on religious grounds, died at just fifteen months of pneumonia and a blood infection. A course of antibiotics could have cured her. While Worthington’s parents have been charged with manslaughter, several readers of [...]
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How Dogma Harms Children: The Case of Ava Worthington
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