In the Matter of McCauley

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• concluding that best interests of child, and strong interests of State over child’s welfare, outweighed parents’ rights, grounded on religion, to refuse blood transfusions for child
• court order that critically ill eight year old child with leukemia receive a blood transfusion was proper despite parents’ objections on religious grounds
• \the State has an interest in protecting the welfare of children within its borders\
• court-ordered blood transfusion to avert “certain death” of child

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