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A 17-year-old Connecticut girl suffering from Hodgkin's lymphoma has been court-ordered to undergo chemotherapy, despite the fact that she doesn't want the treatment and has the support of her mother to refuse it. After the teen refused the drugs, her mother says she was removed from their home. She's now…
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After being ordered by the court to provide her 13-year-old son Daniel with chemotherapy for his Hodgkin's lymphoma, and subsequently fleeing the state, Colleen Hauser has voluntarily returned with Daniel to Minnesota. All charges against her are likely to be dropped. [AP]
A Minnesota judge issued a warrant yesterday for the mother of Daniel Hauser, a 13-year-old boy with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Daniel has been refusing treatment for his condition, choosing instead to rely on alternative medicines.
