Similar Cases
In May 2009, a judge in the state of Minnesota ruled that Daniel Hauser, age 13, has been "medically neglected" as a result of his parents' refusal to allow him to receive chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma, the same disease at issue in Virginia v. Cherrix. The likelihood of a cure with treatment is 85–90%; without treatment, patients die. Unlike Cherrix's case, Hauser was determined to have a "rudimentary understanding at best" of his condition.
After one chemotherapy treatment, the family refused to continue. The mother, who belongs to the Nemenhah Band of natural healers, and her son fled the state, and a Minnesota district judge issued a felony arrest warrant. Daniel was distressed by the side effects of chemotherapy, and his mother told the court that she preferred natural healing and they would both resist court orders to provide it. They returned from California five days later, and Daniel subsequently underwent conventional treatment, which appears to have cured his cancer.
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