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By David Ferguson
Thursday, June 26, 2014 14:01 EDT
Police arrested a 23-year-old Casselberry, Florida woman Wednesday on charges of child neglect after she refused to seek medical treatment for her newborn baby because of her rigid vegan dietary beliefs.
According to Orlandos WKMG Channel 6, Sarah Anne Markhams pediatrician told her the 12-day-old was dehydrated and losing weight and needed to be admitted to Florida Hospital South Medical.
The doctor gave Markham medicine to help the baby, but she refused to administer it because it contained non-vegan ingredients. When she failed to report to the hospital, health care personnel notified the police.
Markham refused to answer her apartment door when police arrived. Officers called a locksmith to gain admittance to the home. The woman told police that she disagreed with the doctors diagnosis. Her baby was still having bowel movements, she said, and therefore couldnt be dehydrated.
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Archae
(46,262 posts)This woman is not a "vegan."
She's an idiot.
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)Have their crazies, vegans are no exception
Archae
(46,262 posts)Vegans have PETA.
madaboutharry
(40,153 posts)I hope the baby is ok. I have a feeling that she isn't going to be getting her baby back for awhile. I see foster care all over this story. Sad.
kcr
(15,300 posts)It is sad.
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)would also encourage her to follow medical advice in the care of her child.
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)And hell yes.
She said the baby was having bowel movements as her reasoning, only they don't determine hydration.
She endangered that child in my book.
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)Or weighing the kid before after feeds and BMs, if there's a real concern. It's a little harder to keep track of intake with an exclusively breastfed child versus a formula fed one where you get handy ounce marks on the bottle, but it's not rocket science either.
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)REP
(21,691 posts)TransitJohn
(6,932 posts)n/t
Hekate
(90,202 posts)... due to her gross stupidity.
tblue37
(64,982 posts)alp227
(31,962 posts)tblue37
(64,982 posts)No, she wasn't arrested for her beliefs. She was arrested for neglecting and endangering her 12-day-old infant.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)But when it becomes a bullshit ideological agenda, then it's just a little bit nutty (are nuts ok?).
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Maybe some sort of post partum thing?