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Wasn't sure where to post this. Figure it'll generate enough discussion to warrant its own thread.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/29/charlie-gard-parents-life-support-withdrawn-friday
To summarize, Charlie Gard is a 10 month old child with a rare disease that causes severe brain damage and muscle wasting. Doctors have told his parents there's nothing more they can do and are looking to turn off his life support. While tragic, the real point of contention is that Charlie's parents want to take him to the US to undergo experimental treatment (with funds raised from a Gofundme campaign) but have been blocked first by the doctors at the hospital and later by several court challenges, who ruled on the basis that the treatment would have no realistic chance of improving Charlie's condition and would subject him to inhumane suffering. Charlie's life support will soon be turned off and in a somewhat ghoulish fashion the family's wish to take their child home to die in peace has not been granted.
The situation is obviously horrific, but I was interested in CW's thoughts about this. Is it right for authorities to intervene in a child's treatment in this way?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/29/charlie-gard-parents-life-support-withdrawn-friday
To summarize, Charlie Gard is a 10 month old child with a rare disease that causes severe brain damage and muscle wasting. Doctors have told his parents there's nothing more they can do and are looking to turn off his life support. While tragic, the real point of contention is that Charlie's parents want to take him to the US to undergo experimental treatment (with funds raised from a Gofundme campaign) but have been blocked first by the doctors at the hospital and later by several court challenges, who ruled on the basis that the treatment would have no realistic chance of improving Charlie's condition and would subject him to inhumane suffering. Charlie's life support will soon be turned off and in a somewhat ghoulish fashion the family's wish to take their child home to die in peace has not been granted.
The situation is obviously horrific, but I was interested in CW's thoughts about this. Is it right for authorities to intervene in a child's treatment in this way?