Look at this for a second:
Instead, the judge ruled that the hospital may discontinue treatment of the child, based on facts not even alleged by the hospital, specifically that the judge believed the child was suffering “significant pain.”
That 'fact' was not even brought up by the hospital. It wasn't presented to the court at all. The hospital never said that at all, but it was the main reason the judge OKed the termination of life support.
Several things here tick me off:
1. The child only had a few days left to live and then they would have turned life support off anyway. Why did they take the child away sooner? The judge wasn't even sure of his main fact.
2. The mother had no say in this. She didn't get a word in; the hospital might have been able to sit down with her and talk her into humanely letting the child go, but they didn't. Where did they go?: The court! Never mind trying to talk to the mother; let's just get a court order and tell her to buzz off.
*siiigh* It seems to me that your question implies physical abuse; if that were the case and a parent was physically abusing their child, then no, I would not excuse it.
And again: My problem with this article is the fact that the court simply said, "Go ahead and pull life support" without even hearing from the mother. That sends up red flags for me.
Umm, 4mycountry, are you aware that the hospital is paying her attorney's fees? Do you really think that they just ignored the mother's wishes and went straight to court without talking to her first?
Please don't trust just this article. It is clearly a slanted propaganda piece. Do a Google News search on "thanatophoric dysplasia" and read some other takes on the subject.
Texas Children's Hospital officials said Sun was born with a fatal genetic defect known as skeletal dysplasia that will not allow his chest cavity and lungs to grow. Sun is slowly suffocating to death because his lungs lack the capacity to support his body, according to hospital officials.
Doctors claim the child is in pain and that it is unethical to prolong his life.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1345350/posts