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Covers:  Idaho, Health, Government, Business
Reporter @propublica. Previously @IdahoCapitalSun @idahostatesman. Adjunct @BoiseState. Data hoarder. Public records addict. audrey.dutton@propublica.org

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Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen.

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By Audrey Dutton Verified, Gopal Ram Tripathi, Vaishnavi Sivadasan
| NewsGram Verified
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Read the story here. By Audrey Dutton A sheriff’s deputy opens the door of an Idaho farmhouse where a newborn baby has just died. It’s almost 10 p.m., but the house is filled with adults and children seated anywhere they can find a spot: in reclining chairs, on the wood-stove hearth, on a chest of drawers. Some of the women hold babies in their laps. “Sorry,” the deputy whispers as the door creaks. No one greets the officer.
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Idaho law protects faith healers. It wasn’t always that way

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By Audrey Dutton Verified
| The Oregonian Verified
In Idaho, parents who say their faith prohibits lifesaving medical care for their children can’t be charged with child neglect or manslaughter. Supporters of this protection over the years have included lawmakers who voiced support for “traditional” Idaho values. But from at least the 1880s through the early 1970s, it was illegal for parents in Idaho to choose prayer over medical care when a child’s life was at stake, newspaper archives and historical documents show.
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Idaho Law Protects Faith Healers. It Wasn’t Always That Way.

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By Audrey Dutton Verified
| ProPublica Verified
In Idaho, parents who say their faith prohibits lifesaving medical care for their children can’t be charged with child neglect or manslaughter. Supporters of this protection over the years have included lawmakers who voiced support for “traditional” Idaho values. But from at least the 1880s through the early 1970s, it was illegal for parents in Idaho to choose prayer over medical care when a child’s life was at stake, newspaper archives and historical documents show.
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