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An article on Medscape Today, headed Parental Refusal of Cancer Therapy for Child Prompts Problems, discusses (non-Witness) parents who refuse all conventional cancer therapy for their child in favor of dubious alternative remedies. One statement in the article will no doubt be of particular interest to Jehovah's Witnesses:

"Cases such as these," continued Dr. Hord, "often grab the attention of the media and the public early during the dispute. There are often public expressions of great sympathy for the parents and outrage that the parents are having to deal with the additional stress of a court proceeding and potential loss of custody. However, rarely is there any media attention or public outcry when these children have disease recurrence or die as a result of halted therapy."

It seems the public are fickle in that they have "great sympathy" for the non-Witness parents who refuse all conventional treatment for their children, but when the parents are Witnesses refusing just one form of treatment there is rarely anything but hostility directed towards those parents.