The State Tried Kidnapping Amish Girl to Force Chemo on Her, She Fled and is Now Cancer Free

[Anti Federalist]

The State Tried Kidnapping this Amish Girl to Force Chemo on Her, She Fled and is Now Cancer Free

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/sta...E5RqOwseesi.99

Akron, OH – After fleeing from government agents who wanted to kidnap her and put her through chemotherapy, an Amish girl who once had cancer is now entirely healthy. Sarah Hershberger, 12, was being treated at Akron Childrens Hospital, a government hospital, when the staff attempted to force her through chemotherapy despite the objections of her and her parents, Andy and Anna Hershberger.

In June of 2013, Sarah was receiving chemotherapy at the hospital and her parents were convinced that it was making her condition worse, and putting her at risk for many other long-term health problems.

“We were pretty sure we were going to lose her if we kept doing the chemo,” Anna Hershberger, Sarah’s mother said.

The parents began to object the treatment and faced strong resistance from the hospital staff, who even took them to court and attempted to gain guardianship over Sarah. The doctors had testified that without receiving chemotherapy immediately, Sarah would die within six months.

The family stood firm in their denial of the treatment, which prompted an intense legal battle. At one point during the ordeal, the family was forced to flee the country so she was not kidnaped by the hospital. Eventually, the family won in court, and it was decided that they had a legal and constitutional right to treat the cancer as they saw fit.

Now, two years later, Sarah is not only still alive, but she is actually entirely healthy, and cancer-free.

According to court records released this week, Sarah is no longer showing symptoms of lymphoma and she is back to her regular life. This recovery is in spite of the fact that doctors insisted that she would die without chemotherapy, to the extent that they would attempt to take her away from her parents.

The mainstream media has been very pessimistic and cynical about Sarah’s case, and many of the media segments about her suggest that her family is irresponsible and that she is essentially on her deathbed. However, this is not the case, she is now healthy and has beaten cancer because her and her family decided to stand up against the strong-arm tactics of the state.

[Spikender]

The State knows best.

Except when it doesn't.

[TheTexan]

How do we know it wasn't the intense legal battles that cured her? The state does deserve some credit here I think, in curing her cancer.

[Ronin Truth]

Fleeing is a little understood and relatively underutilized effective Cancer treatment.

[FindLiberty]

I hope the paperwork has been corrected with all the doted "T's" and crossed eyes,
otherwise the Oncologists may still manage to deploy their Chemo weapon to slowly
snuff out another life.

[Working Poor]

doctors insisted that she would die without chemotherapy

We don't need God anymore because we have doctors who are so powerful they can declare you dead even before you die. I hate doctors more and more each day and their terrorist fear tactics.

[fisharmor]

So, how much did that family spend on legal defense, getting emergency passports, airfare, lodging in the other country, etc?

In other words, how much did "justice" cost this time?

I swear, it's getting to the point where it's getting really difficult to cold cock people who think this is a happy ending. It's an ending, and one where their daughter lived, but it's not what rational people would call happy. Not when you consider that family is going to spend every single day for the rest of all their lives haunted by the fact that nothing will stop the state from doing this to someone else, and nothing will stop the state from doing something different and equally ridiculous and deadly to the same family.

[Occam's Banana]

The mainstream media has been very pessimistic and cynical about Sarah’s case, and many of the media segments about her suggest that her family is irresponsible and that she is essentially on her deathbed. However, this is not the case, she is now healthy and has beaten cancer because her and her family decided to stand up against the strong-arm tactics of the state.

I eagerly anticipate the retractions and mea culpas that must surely be coming ...