PEDIATRICS Vol. 82 No. 4 October 1988, pp. 673-674
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Religion and Child Abuse

JAMES L. FLETCHER JR MD1

1 The Family Practice Center—EG 225, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912

To the Editor.—

I read with interest in the January issue the statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Bioethics1 regarding religious exemptions from child abuse statutes. The Committee is to be commended for making it clear that they seek no vendetta but rather desire the "even" application to all caretakers of preventive measures for neglect and abuse of children. It is also well-stated that there are "two important sets of interest ... in apparent opposition—those of children in the benefits of proven medical and health care and those of parents in making decisions about their children's well being."1(p170)