Associated Press
Nashville, TN
July 03, 2009 10:31 am
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Though most states have child abuse laws allowing religious exemptions for parents who shun medicine for their sick children, recent cases have raised the thorny legal issues for parents following less-recognized faiths.
Historically, many of the parents addressed by the laws have embraced faiths like Pentecostalism and Christian Science, while others are Jehovah’s Witnesses — all established denominations that the law has gradually taken into account.
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