U.S. Supreme Court upholds children's right to protection. (Christian Science and medicine)

U.S. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS CHILDREN'S RIGHT TO PROTECTION

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block the trial of a California Christian Science woman, Laurie Walker, who is charged with child endangerment and involuntary manslaughter because she tried to heal her 4-year-old daughter of meningitis through prayer instead of medical care. By refusing to hear the appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a landmark decision by the California Supreme Court in November, 1988, which held that "parents have no right to free exercise of religion at the price of a child's life, regardless of the prohibitive or …