A HAIRLINE BETWEEN RELIGION AND RESPONSIBILITY--opinion essay-

Can you imagine that there is a mother who disregards her child’s health beacuse of
her religion? Until I read this event, I hand’t imagined that it coul be. When I learnt it, not only I was so upset but also I was really shocked even if I’m not either a mother or a father.That's why I think the court’s decision is right witihout any doubt.
In my opinion, being parents require many responsilibities. One of the most important responsibilities is caring about children’s health. Unlike the Hermansons, parent should think firstly their children’s health instead of their religion. For example, if I were a mother , and my daughter were sick , I would try to do everything, and first of all I would tahe care of my child rahter than my belief that includes only praying for God, and refusing any medicine. I remember that when I was a child and sick, my mother tried to find anything to cure my illness, and not only she took me to the doctor but also she used nonconventional medical treatment that includes alternative medicine and praying for God; in contrast, the Hermansons
believed prayer was the most effective treatment, and they trusted only prayer as not accepting to give medicine to Amy, but she couldn’t be saved, in this way I support the court’s judgement, because the parents didn’t realize their responsibility.
In addition to them, I consider that children have a right to grow up healthy. In spite of this right, Amy didn’t have any choise , because her parent decided to try to heal her with prayer rather than take her to any doctor. At the end of it, she died without any conventional medicine. How can it be acceptable? How can it be defensable? However, the Hermansons defended themselves as saying that they had a right to choose their religion, and biring their child up according to it, but they forgot they just did something which had to be required by Christian Science. Although they didn’t fulfill their duty being to protect her from death by
supplying medicine, they took her right from Amy
There is no reason to explain it. I back up the cour’s sentence sincerely. The Hermansons didn’t accept ant conventional treatment , thus openly they looked on her death. Despite having opportunity to heal her , they refused it and allowed her death. I hope it will be an example for parents to prevent other death due to only religious principles.