An interesting court case in France is underway where parents, Sergine and Joel Le Moaligou, are being charged with the death of their 11 month old baby due to neglect and food deprivation.
The baby was fed a vegan diet and the doctor involved said the death was due to pneumonia and vitamin deficiency. He refused to issue the couple a burial permit and reported them to the French authorities in 2008.
The parents became vegan in the year 2000 after watching an anti-meat documentary and only fed their baby her mother's breast milk and vegetables since birth. They also had never bathed their baby with water, but instead cleansed her with earth and clay. The baby only weighed 13 pounds at death and the parents were reported to earlier trying to treat their daughter's bronchitis with natural remedies instead of taking her to a doctor.
This is such a bizarre and sad case and I doubt it was really a vegan diet that killed the baby so much as really stupid parenting. What do you think? Participate in the poll and comments below.
Do you think a vegan diet was responsible for the French baby's death?
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