A 17-year-old in Connecticut remains under lock and key in a hospital and will be tied down and forced to undergo chemotherapy for a treatable cancer (Hodgkins Lymphoma). Cassandra Fortin, supported by her mother was apprehended and then ordered by a Connecticut court to undergo the chemotherapy. Is this saving a life, or is it cruel and bordering on torture?

Guest:
Scott Taylor - Vancouver lawyer (underappeal.com) who has consistently argued a child's life must be saved, even if such a decision overrides the wishes of the child and parent(s).

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A 17-year-old in Connecticut remains under lock and key in a hospital and will be tied down and forced to undergo chemotherapy for a treatable cancer (Hodgkins Lymphoma). Cassandra Fortin, supported by her mother was apprehended and then ordered by a Connecticut court to undergo the chemotherapy. Is this saving a life, or is it cruel and bordering on torture?

Guest:
Scott Taylor - Vancouver lawyer (underappeal.com) who has consistently argued a child's life must be saved, even if such a decision overrides the wishes of the child and parent(s).

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.