PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two members of a faith healing church in Oregon City pleaded guilty to denying their son medical care on Tuesday. Brittney and Jake Heimbigner, members of the Followers of Christ Church, admitted they didn’t get their…[Continue Reading...]
A Boise Democrat hopes an apparent contradiction in Idaho law will convince lawmakers to reverse the state’s exemption for parents who deny their children medical treatment for religious reasons. An Idaho law on “desertion and nonsupport” of children and spouses…[Continue Reading...]
Activists in Idaho are continuing their push to repeal or amend laws that protect parents from prosecution when they allow their children to die from preventable illnesses by denying them medical care and relying exclusively on prayer and spiritual healing.…[Continue Reading...]
Linda Martin grew up with death. As a child, she would see friends at church one week and then never again, she said. When the community’s elders gathered at someone’s home, she assumed the worst: another loss. Martin, who now…[Continue Reading...]
A 14-year-old girl from the Johane Marange apostolic church died on Tuesday a few days after giving birth at home in Buhera, NewsDay can report. Family relative and lawyer Norris Johannes told NewsDay that Delight Masomeke of Bvumbura Village in…[Continue Reading...]
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