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In reply to the discussion: We failed her. Big time. Boston Children’s was experimenting on Justina Pelletier, [View all]pnwmom
(108,978 posts)Forgive me if I try to clarify . . . You said it wasn't true that various religious organizations helped early on; that Liberty Counsel and Rev. Mahoney didn't come on board till February 2014. And then you said, "We tried for months before this help to get anyone & everyone on all sides to help, but only the 'right' seemed to care." So either the right cared and joined early on, so Justina's case (falsely) seemed to become a right-wing issue, or the right-wing didn't get involved at all till February. I'm not sure which you're saying.
I do think some liberals were staying away from the case because they thought it was being pushed by untrustworthy people (like Glenn Beck), but I don't think that excuses anything. I think that Justina's plight should have drawn support from all parts of the spectrum, and certainly from liberals and progressives. But I don't believe the lack of support was because liberals want to control everything. I can't speak for people in the Boston area (I'm in Washington state) but the problem was the media coverage (and wasn't that limited by the gag order?.) If you google, you'll see there was virtually no television coverage outside of Boston and Connecticut -- other than Fox news. (And no one I know watches Fox.) And most people outside of Boston don't read the Boston Globe (which ran its first story in December, I think.) Whenever I tried to talk to people here about Justina, they'd never heard of her.
In any case, I agree with you it shouldn't have taken so long for you to get support in this fight and I'm sorry that liberals weren't there by your side. I hope Justina's law will be passed, and passed quickly, so nothing like this happens to another child again.
All my best to you, and to Justina and her family.