I won't take granny to the woods, but I also won't jam a feeding tube in her 99 year old body. Sometimes we need to let God instead of medicine decide the future. In the case of both Granny and the poor baby, keep them warm, hold them close, and let nature take its course.
I agree.
But I disagree that it is a decision to be made by "medical professionals" and the implied force of that decision on the family.
I see.
Since the baby can't feed itself we can let it die of 'natural' causes?
That applies to every baby.
This is a consequence of Government Healthcare. They don't want to 'waste' the money on someone they deem as unable to be 'productive'.
Where will this end?
In a few years we could close down about 90% of nursing homes, dialysis clinics, transplant facilities. Just 'allow' them to die. Redirect the money toward AIDS patients ( an excluded group).
As anything else in our society, our rules and laws are built on precedent.
What starts as allowing severely disabled babies to die slowly morphs into more lax rules.
One example is the Medical Leave Act.
Remember when the argument was " We need to allow these people to take up to 3 months, unpaid, for medical or care purposes"?
Now the argument is that they should be paid during their leave.
And I'll bet they get it.