Mom Convicted After Withholding Cancer Drugs From Son

A woman was convicted of attempted murder when she stopped giving her cancer ridden son his medication, because she thought that the side affects were going to kill him. She was also convicted of child endangerment, assault, and battery for failing to giver her son his medication for at least five months. The mother was notified prior to the medication that there was a 85% success rate with the medication. The mother continued not to giver her child the medication and he died in 2009 at the age of 9 years old.


I think that this woman was dumb for not giving her child the medication he so desperately needed. If she was so worried about the side effects of the medication she should have consulted a doctor to either switch medication or to make sure that the symptoms were normal for the medication.

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/973461--mom-convicted-after-withholding-cancer-drugs-from-son