OTTAWA — A teenaged Jehovah's Witness who says she was traumatized by a blood transfusion that offended her religious principles wants the Supreme Court of Canada to overturn the legislation that forced her to undergo the procedure.
Lawyers for the teen told the court Tuesday that Manitoba child protection law is badly drafted and violates the guarantees of fundamental justice, equality before the law and religious freedom enshrined in the Charter of Rights.
The person at the heart of the case put things in more personal terms after the seven-judge panel had reserved their decision.
"What happened to me I wouldn't really like to happen to anyone else," she said outside the courtroom.
"It was painful - even physically it was painful - but mentally it was something that I believed shouldn't be happening."
Lawyers for the Manitoba government countered that there's nothing unconstitutional about the law, which allows for court-ordered treatment of minors in emergency situations.
"It could never, ever be in the best interests of a child that they make a decision that might cost them their life," Norm Cuddy, counsel for provincial Child and Family Services, told the court.
May I be so bold as to point out that at least you are at least alive to be traumatized my dear. If there is any "sin" here it's all on the government's head. At least they were there to save your sorry misguided ass!
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