Green Appeal

Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen:

With all due deference to the majority of this Court, I am compelled to dissent. I would affirm the order of the Superior Court.

The Court’s analysis presumes there are two primary interests at stake, that of the State to protect its citizens and that of the mother to follow her religious convictions. The difficulty, and what I believe to be the fatal flaw in this reasoning, is that too little consideration and attention is given to the interests of .the health and well-being of this young boy. Although the mother’s religious beliefs must be given the…