anonymiss, the gov’t only attempts to intervene in parents’ medical decisions regarding their children when there is a threat to the child’s health & safety. They don’t get involved in ethical issues, or end of life issues of the seriously ill, in that capacity. Which medical decisions motivated by Jewish religious observance do you think the gov’t would perceive as a threat to a child’s health or safety?
It’s true that hospitals have been known to try to take patients off life support by claiming that it’s “cruel” or “unethical” to prolong heartbeat/ respiration in the absence of brain function. But this has happened to adults also, and really has more to do with economics & medical insurance than anything else.