tybfc wrote:I've probably posted too much on this but anyway.
Why do the local courts, the court in Manchester, The Supreme Court, the court of appeal and the European court of Human Rights have the right to stop parents taking their child on a two hour flight in a last try to save or prolong his life?
He seems clearly in no pain.
If he dies as the medics here says he is going to do in the next few days then so be it but surely the parents should be granted the last decision of what happens and where?
Because, presumably, your representation of the evidence as to suffering and pain doesn't align with the medical evidence that has been presented to the courts (and not only by Alder Hey). If there was no perceived medical downside to this then this wouldn't have got to this point. You've got medics, hospital staff and countless judges who have now all weighed this up as rationally as any human being can. Frankly, that ought to be enough for anyone, most particularly those of us who are so far removed from the facts.
Take your final sentence to its logic conclusion, incidentally, and the parents could reasonably argue they have the right to accelerate the end of this life artificially. No-one, most of all the people actually bankrolling this case, believe that parents have the right to choose that course of action should they decide it is in the best interests of the child - we don't allow assisted suicide even when the person whose life will be ended is old enough and rational enough to make the choice for themelves. So clearly, there are limits to a parent's ability to choose.
I said earlier, we're all the poorer for the demonization of medical professionals who do everything in their power to help, and the personalisation of attacks on others involved in this case is deeply worrying for society too.
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