Lift Up Your Hearts!

If this story doesn't scare you, you need to read it again. (Here's another version.) A 14-year-old Canadian girl has gone into hiding to avoid being forced to have a blood transfusion that some doctors in British Columbia believe she needs because of her cancer chemotherapy. The girl does not want the transfusion, and her parents agree with her. Whether you believe private medical decisions belong in the hands of individuals of any age, or of parents in the case of under-age children, this is a gross violation of individual and family rights by the Canadian government. Of course it's all done with the best of motives and "for her own good," but somehow that makes it even more frightening.

"The girl has gone into hiding with her family in Ontario to avoid blood transfusions that a [British Columbia] court ordered should be given."

"B.C. courts ruled the girl is capable of making a decision, but B.C. law requires that a person be 19 years or older before they are allowed to refuse lifesaving medical treatment."

"April 11 B.C. Supreme Court ruling said she couldn't refuse treatment despite her religious beliefs."

"The B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development was granted custody of the girl last week."

"All children are entitled to be protected from abuse and harm . . . the ultimate threat of harm would be death. . . her religious beliefs don't override her right to life and death."

"[An] order of apprehension issued in B.C. remains on police computers."

"We are using all of the resources available to us to make sure that we know where she is."

"An air ambulance to return her to B.C. is on standby."

Think about it.