Denying care

Human Race | Correction and clarification in the Merrill case | The editors

WORLD on its March 3 "Human Race" page cited a California television report and asked, "Should a Christian pediatrician deny care to a toddler with an ear infection because of her mother's tattoos?" We were implicitly attacking the character of an individual, based on secondhand information, without giving him a chance to respond—and that is wrong.

Readers and friends of the Bakersfield doctor in question, G. Alexander Merrill, came to his defense. Fellow churchgoer Stew Fleeman described Merrill as "the classic old-fashioned doctor" and said "a large part of his practice is devoted to low-income families." Merrill, who directs Christian Medical Services, was kind enough to speak with WORLD after the fact and confirm what actually happened.

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