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As a health care provider, this is always a difficult situation to come across. Unlike adults, minors – especially those under their teenage years – cannot grasp the magnitude of their medical condition, therefore their parents and medical team have to advocate for them. The United States is a country where religious freedom is protected and the actions pertaining to such religions are also protected, with the exceptions of things such as crimes against children, murder, etc. Jehovah’s Witnesses are a good example of where blood transfusions are prohibited due to their religious beliefs. This is hard to accept for any person choosing to decline a lifesaving transfusion but especially hard with children since they have no say in the decision.  

There was information that I found interesting that states, “parents should not be able to make a decision “if the child is likely to suffer significant harm from the decision.” This is called the “harm threshold.” (Ethics, conflict and medical treatment for children: From disagreement to dissensus, 2019) The Parens patriae doctrine gives the state the right to intervene with a parent’s decision when it’s believed they are not acting in the best interest for the child’s well-being. (Renee, 2017) In these cases, the medical professional can petition the state court to override the parent’s decision due to the extreme harm or fatality of the child. 

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