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The story began in early 2017, when Abigail Piland was born without any obvious problems. But when the midwife who helped deliver her checked back the next day, Abigail didn’t look healthy. The midwife told mother Rachel Piland to take the child to a hospital because the baby “could suffer brain damage or die if not properly cared for.”

Rachel refused, insisting “God makes no mistakes.”

Days later, Abigail was dead. (Rachel and her husband Joshua then prayed for Abigail’s resurrection. Surprise: That didn’t work, either.)

A medical examiner later attributed the death to “unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia and kernicterus,” both jaundice-related problems that were treatable. Abigail never had the chance to see a doctor when blood was coming out of her mouth, or when she wasn’t eating, or when her skin became further discolored. All because her parents put more trust in God than someone who could actually help.

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Good as any.

What exactly is your plan for when someone without a license is found with a baby?

[–] cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I'm just spitballing here. Slap a fine on them for sure. Maybe perform an assessment for license issuance, and if found ineligible for a license for whatever reason, treat it the same as when a parent is found unfit by CPS.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh good, Millions of children being removed from their parents and thown into a system of state care that is known to be not particularly good is sure to work out well

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yea state care isn't great agreed (whether or not that can be fixed is another topic I guess), if the punishment is more deterrent and the rates of incidence low, reparenting would be preferred. However for that people's mindset of parenting should be greatly changed too. People should be more sympathetic towards/used to the idea of parenting a kid who is not their genetic successor.

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