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Court Battle Over Amish Girl’s Cancer Treatment Ends

Cleveland, Ohio – An Ohio judge on Friday formally ended a court effort to force chemotherapy on an Amish girl whose parents had defied a hospital over her treatment for leukemia, according to a ruling released on Friday.

Medina County Probate and Juvenile Judge Kevin Dunn terminated the medical guardianship for the girl, ending a legal battle over the limits on parents’ rights to make medical decisions.

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