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Planck V. Indiana

In the reviewing the case of , many complicated issues
arise. Included in those, individual rights conflicting with the public good
are among the most difficult. According to Mr and Mrs. Planck's attorney, John
Price, the Planck's religious beliefs prohibit them from accepting professional
medicine practice, as they practice alternative medicine and home school their
children. After a complaint from an older Planck daughter, who did not embrace
or respect her family's lifestyle, the state was called in to investigate the
health of the Planck children. In a preliminary check by the state of Indiana
for eyesight, Lance Planck was found not to be in need of any service. Despite
this ...

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time was any identification shown by the
officers. Curt, Lance Planck's younger brother, resisted this removal from his
house, and was threatened by an officer that he would be "dragged out of here."
After this scene, Emily, Stephen, and Curtis Planck were loaded into a van and
driven to an eye doctor in Anderson, Indiana. The examining doctor, Dr. Joseph
Woschitz, came to the conclusion that no treatment was needed for any of the
children. How can the state justify this type of behavior? Is ripping a child
unwillingly from his mother's arms in the best interest of the public good?
What does society have to benefit from this? In short, this does not affect the
public good per se, but does affect the Plancks and any other family that
practices a religion that is not widely accepted.
Following the above events, Mr. and Mrs. Planck were subsequently
arrested, had their First Amendment rights violated, and had their home invaded
by armed SWAT team members who fired a CS tear gas ...

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Added: 7/25/2005 04:23:49 AM
Category: Government
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