Akron, OH - After fleeing from government agents who wanted to kidnap her and put her through chemotherapy, an Amish girl who once had cancer is now entirely healthy. Sarah Hershberger, 12, was being treated at Akron Childrens Hospital, a government hospital, when the staff attempted to force her through chemotherapy despite the objections of her and her parents, Andy and Anna Hershberger.
In June of 2013, Sarah was receiving chemotherapy at the hospital and her parents were convinced that it was making her condition worse, and putting her at risk for many other long-term health problems.
"We were pretty sure we were going to lose her if we kept doing the chemo," Anna Hershberger, Sarah's mother said.
The parents began to object the treatment and faced strong resistance from the hospital staff, who even took them to court and attempted to gain guardianship over Sarah. The doctors had testified that without receiving chemotherapy immediately, Sarah would die within six months.
The family stood firm in their denial of the treatment, which prompted an intense legal battle. At one point during the ordeal, the family was forced to flee the country so she was not kidnaped by the hospital. Eventually, the family won in court, and it was decided that they had a legal and constitutional right to treat the cancer as they saw fit.
Now, two years later, Sarah is not only still alive, but she is actually entirely healthy, and cancer-free.
According to court records released this week, Sarah is no longer showing symptoms of lymphoma and she is back to her regular life. This recovery is in spite of the fact that doctors insisted that she would die without chemotherapy, to the extent that they would attempt to take her away from her parents.
The mainstream media has been very pessimistic and cynical about Sarah's case, and many of the media segments about her suggest that her family is irresponsible and that she is essentially on her deathbed. However, this is not the case, she is now healthy and has beaten cancer because her and her family decided to stand up against the strong-arm tactics of the state.
The following clip was filmed during the legal battle in 2013:
The US has become so oppressive, trying to cure children of cancer. Is this really the world we want to live in?
This is why libertarianism which wants small government is a bad, bad thing. Parents do horrible things to their children all the time and without a government agency watching out for them we would go back to 10's of thousands of homeless children in every major city in the country. @tftproject
10’s of thousands of homeless children? That sure is a lot of unfit parents.
Important story. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing this story. It is wearisome to deal with science that often is more marketing and profit-seeking than healing-oriented.
thanks for sharing this informative story
Amazing to me how the government continually F's with the Amish just because they live how they believe God intended them to live. From raw milk, to being forced to be on the power grid and now this? We really need to stop praying to our iphones and wake-up and fight for our Freedoms as there aren't many left.
This is a great story - resteemed. I would be curious to see how she cured it. I follow the medical cannabis sector and we are seeing good results in patients curing canner with Cannabis.