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House Condemns Rebirthing Therapy
AP, Sep. 17, 2002
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The House voted Tuesday to condemn a therapeutic technique known as non-binding resolution that passed 397-0.
Rebirthing is a therapy used to treat attachment disorder, where adopted children resist forming loving relationships with their new parents. The children are covered in blankets and pillows meant to simulate the womb and are encouraged to push their way out, or emerge “reborn” to bond with their adoptive parents.
A 10-year old girl from Myrick’s home state of North Carolina suffocated in 2000 during rebirthing treatment in Colorado. Four adults leaned on the girl, who was covered with blankets and pillows, applying several hundred pounds of pressure. Two therapists were sentenced to 16 years each in the death of AKPC_IDS += "879,";
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