Child advocates estimate that 183 Idaho children have died because of withheld medical treatment since states across the nation enacted faith-healing exemptions in the early 1970s. (Carissa Wolf/FTWP)Wingate estimates that three to four children will die this year in Idaho alone if lawmakers fail to lift the state’s faith-healing exemptions. George Patterson of Boise, Idaho, carries a sign signifying the number of deaths child advocates say are attributable to faith healing in Idaho. Advocates asked Idaho lawmakers during the past five legislative sessions to strike faith-healing exemptions from the books. “From that point on, the majority of the states passed faith-healing exemptions to get federal funding,” Sanders said.

Source: Washington Post February 19, 2018 23:48 UTC