1) CCMC is bound by privacy laws here, but generally speaking, they will only use restraint cuffs if a patient is harming themself or others. There is certainly more to that than the mother is letting on.

I'm gonna disagree and say that the right of a parent to coerce their child into essentially committing suicide is not one of our more fundamental rights, nor even really a right at all.

This is a false equivalence...

I am not sure where you get the idea she was going to another hospital for the second opinion. They have never said that, ever. The mother was going to a naturopath. There was never going to be a second doctor involved.

Not to nitpick. Well, totally to nitpick, it isn't a child, it's a fetus.

Tell that to aboriginals who not only believe the same thing but have liberals campaign for their right to refuse chemo for their children so they can use "spirit medicine".

Actually, it is illegal for her to kill a child in CT.

I heard an interview with her mother this morning and she said, "This isn't about death, she's not going to die without the chemo." So, uh, yeah, I don't trust the mother's sanity.

This boob is very important. This boob sells monogrammed thermoses.

Is the boob a sidepiece?

this dress is sooo wrong on so many levels. its short on top and bottom.

I mean, I grew up in Utah and really enjoyed living my early 20's as a do over for super repressed teen ages years. I certainly wouldn't do it again, but I have some amazing stories, which is what life is all about, right? Also growing up a non-mormon in rural Utah means I have ovaries of steel. I mean, I can get my…

Ugh, yes, so true! And "make love," gah. If only he had thrown in "wet kisses" for the vomit trifecta.

I don't think you're allowed to sleep, or even recharge. You can sex him in the bed; otherwise you should be praying or making music or taking toothpaste to the poor people, all of whom I'm sure love to see this guy coming. "It's that lunatic bringing us toothpaste again! Crouch down under the windowsill so he won't…

Well, who doesn't love Snuggles, the Fabric Softener Bear? But it also reminds me of this.

"Cuddle."

I can't lie: I checked out as soon as I hit the word "cuddle" in the first bullet point. "Cuddle" is the "moist" of relationship words. *cringes*

Hrm. A username that marks the user as both a Fem(inist) AND a socialist...

Hahahahahahaha.