What Justifies the State Taking Children Away From Their Parents?

[ingemann]

I've noticed there's a significant cleavage on the forum between those who are quick to take children from their parents and those who are slow to. This has issue has come up in a number of threads (e.g. Anti-Vaxxers), but I thought it would be good to explore the issue separately.

What justifies the state taking children away from their parents?

That's a very good question. I think the parents should significant endanger, neglect or abuse their children and that doesn't mean just physical.

But no, not giving them vaccine is not enough.

[ingemann]

Physical and/or sexual abuse. I don't think that we should be taking kids away from parents because the parents refuse to vaccinate their children.

This.

Although this does not exclude still vaccinating children or otherwise giving them medically necessary treatment against the will of the parents.

Of course not. A solution could be how we deal with sick children of Jehova Witnesses in Denmark. If such a child need blood and the parents are against it, the doctor contact a jugde, who make him the guardian until the blood is given. It allow the parent's to keep their hands clean, while still saving their child.