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When parents disagree about medical decisions for their children

My teenage daughter wants to get vaccinated but my husband says it goes against God's plan and I'm caught between protecting her health and keeping my marriage intact.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The responsibility to protect a child becomes fractured when the very people meant to unite in that protection hold irreconcilable worldviews.

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“Where Are You with Medical ethics across traditions?”

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