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TIL that almost every year since 2015, Idaho children have died of treatable conditions. Their parents refuse medical care. It's legal in Idaho, the state just lets it happen. (www.propublica.org)
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[–] 4 points 3 days ago

This is not a feel-good story, to say the least, and I couldn't bring myself to read this article. Even the accompanying image, with the following caption, is disturbing:

Since the 1970s, the state’s criminal and civil laws have allowed parents who belong to Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray as their children die

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