The Children's Act Book Report

The Children’s Act was about a woman named Fiona Maye who is a court judge working in family law located in London, England. Fiona and her husband Jack are going through rough patch in their marriage. Fiona is informed that there is an emergency case. A Jehovah’s Witness, named Adam Henry who is seventeen-year old currently dying from cancer due to the fact that he is refusing a blood transfusion because of his religious beliefs. The hospital decided to ask the court to go against his wishes, along with his family’s to go ahead with the blood transfusion. If the court agrees to go against Adam’s will his life will be saved. If the court denies going against Adam’s wishes he will die. Fiona heard both arguments for Adam’s case and she decided that she needed to meet Adam. Adam is seventeen years old also eighteen, if he was eighteen he could deny the transfusion without being taken to court to overturn his decision. Fiona wanted to decide if Adam was capable of making the decision of living, dying, the consequences, risks, and possibilities of his actions. When Fiona meets Adam she finds a boy who has a bright future ahead of him, he loves to play the violin and write poetry. He is intelligent, and wise. After, visiting Adam Fiona …show more content…
But, he is very close to being an adult and deciding for himself. His mother and father are also saying that he needs to refuse the blood transfusion or he will go to hell. A young boy’s life is at stake with a simple solution, but it goes against his and his family’s beliefs if they force the transfusion on him. The argument would be would you allow someone who is almost eighteen to decide if they want to live or die. Or do professionals or parents make that decision for