Ammon Bundy's 'Let Parents Starve Baby' protests
March 16, 2022 03:04 PM
... Bundy supporters have been protesting outside St. Luke's Hospital in Boise, where a 10-month-old baby is being treated in an alleged child neglect case. The baby is the grandson of Bundy's favorite wingnut pastor and campaign consultant, Diego Rodriguez, who officiated at Bundy's big superspreader Easter jamboree in April 2020. The boy was hospitalized March 1 and found to be "suffering from severe malnourishment, according to the Meridian Police Department; after his release, the baby's parents missed a follow-up appointment and couldn't be located, after which the police got involved.
... St. Luke's went into lockdown for over an hour in response to a security threat related to the protests ...
... last week .. a pediatrician recommended the child go to the emergency room because he was unable to digest proteins and had lost weight. After he gained weight, the baby was released to his parents on March 4 ...
... when police tried to check on the child .. "the occupants were uncooperative and refused to let officers check on the childs welfare." Police left to get a warrant, but when they returned, the parents and baby had left, as you would when the Police State is trying to keep your child alive ...
https://www.wonkette.com/ammon-bundy-branches-out-into-let-baby-starve-protests-because-parental-rights
bahboo
(16,234 posts)RedandBlueLonghorn
(4 posts)I have heard an angry mother say to her child: I brought you into this world and I can take you out!
I cringed when I heard this.
gopiscrap
(23,673 posts)area51
(11,868 posts)SomewhereInTheMiddle
(275 posts)... of when does the state's obligation for a child's welfare outweigh the parents' right to rase their children as they see fit.
This is not one of those discussions.
If the parents are neglecting and starving the child or are preventing the child from receiving necessary medical care if there is a medical cause for the malnourishment other than not being fed, then the child's right to survival is more important than the parents right to parent.
If Bundy is making a slippery slope argument for governmental overreach, I would say he chose his ground poorly.