Opinion: Parents and doctors should decide what healthcare kids receive, not DC

CT Mirror – Thursday, June 11, 2026
By Alice Miller and Marie-Fatima Hyacinthe

Somewhere in Connecticut right now, a kid is raising their hand in math class, trying out for the varsity soccer team, or arguing with their parents about their bedtime. Their parents are doing what parents do; they’re showing up at their soccer games, helping them with their homework, and staying up too late reading about whether a recent cough is just a cough.

Alice Miller is Co-Director of the Global Health Justice Partnership of Yale Law School and Yale School of Public Health/New Haven. Marie-Fatima Hyacinthe, PhD is a post-doctoral fellow at Global Health Justice Partnership of Yale Law School and Yale School of Public Health.

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