The full story of Jim and Donna Navarro’s unsuccessful struggle to get their four-year-old son, Thomas’ cancer treated by anything other than chemotherapy is now quite well known in the US and is told in a lengthy interview and on a documentary film, both available from the Dr Mercola site. To quote Dr Mercola’s ‘story at a glance’:

In the US, parents, shockingly can lose their children if they refuse conventional cancer therapy. Child Protective Services (CPS) are routinely called in to charge parents who want a ‘second opinion’ – perhaps to investigate alternative therapies, charging them with child abuse and neglect when refusing conventional treatment. [Read more…]