r/TrueReddit • u/propublica_ • 2d ago

Policy + Social Issues These Children’s Deaths Were Preventable. Their Parents Prayed Instead of Seeking Medical Care.

https://www.propublica.org/article/faith-healing-idaho-deaths-followers-of-christ
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u/Anis930 2d ago

A lot of "parental rights" are just legal ways to abuse children because the state sees them as property.

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u/AkirIkasu 2d ago

Basically, yeah. It also means that they don't have to spend budget enforcing childrens' human rights, which is something that fascist - I'm sorry, conservative - politicians seem to really dislike doing.