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Capitol Report: Prayer vs. medical treatment debate continues at the Capitol.

The second of two bills circulating the Capitol that deals with the right of parents to choose prayer rather than medical treatment for a sick child will be before the Assembly Committee on Children and Families Wednesday.

Among the invited speakers will be Dr. Barbara Knox, with the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Shawn Peters, author of “When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children and the Law” and a UW-Madison lecturer.

Peters will be speaking in favor of Berceau’s bill.