US Supreme Court Writ - District presses for life-threatening examination

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US Supreme Court Writ - District presses for life-threatening

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Editor's Note: A writ to the US Supreme Court, appealing a 5th Circuit

Special Education case decision. The Court of Appeals stated that when a

school wants to have their own physician complete an intrusive medical

evaluation of a child, and the parent refuses, they need only have a

reasonable basis to overcome the desire of the parent to not provide

consent.

We believe that parents have a constitutionally protected fundamental right

to control medical decision-making regarding their child, which can only be

overcome by a " compelling state interest, " and only then, in the least

intrusive manner possible.

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