Idaho State Representative
Christy Perry (R)
In Idaho, if a child becomes ill and a parent chooses faith healing over medical care and that child subsequently dies, state law prohibits any charges being brought against the parent for neglect, abuse, or manslaughter. The law has been on the books in Idaho since 1972.
Currently, Linda Martin, a former member of a the Followers of Christ Church, a Pentecostal religion that prohibits its members from seeing doctors or using modern medicine, is fighting to get that law overturned.
State Representative Christy Perry, includes this testimonial on her website: "Christy is a pro life mother and grandmother and emphasizes her honor and value of all human life, born and unborn. Christy Perry is an ardent supporter of defending each child's right to life."
There is a huge difference between being pro-life and being pro-fetus, but anti-abortion rights politicians like Christy Perry seem incapable of recognizing that distinction. Evidence of Ms. Perry's confusion can be seen in the fact that, despite calling herself an "ardent" champion of "human life, born and unborn," she believes Linda Martin's fight is wrong and the protection granted to parents who give their children up to faith healing should remain under the aegis of state law. "Children do die. If I want to let my child be with God, why is that wrong?"
The obvious pro-choice argument here may be crude, but needs to be made: If I choose to have an abortion and send my fetus to "be with God, why is that wrong?"
In Ms. Perry's pro-life world a fetus is sacrosanct. A child, on the other hand, is just another biblical goat to be offered in the name of faith.
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