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IN RE E.G.

Nos. 87-1791, 87-2065 cons.

161 Ill. App.3d 765 (1987)

515 N.E.2d 286

In re E.G., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. E.G., a Minor, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed September 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Grossman, Jane M. Whicher, and Diane Geraghty, all of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Kenneth T. McCurry, and Joan E. Disis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Vacated in part; affirmed in part and modified in part.

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court:

On February 23, 1987, appellant E.G., a 17-year-old woman, was admitted to a hospital and diagnosed as having acute leukemia. When appellant and her parents were told that her treatment would include blood transfusions, they refused to consent to such treatment because of their religious beliefs. Appellant and her parents are Jehovah's Witnesses; they...

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