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Parents Fighting to Keep Baby Alive Lose High Court Battle
The Guardian ^ | 4/11

Posted on 04/11/2017 10:58:56 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Judge rules Great Ormond Street hospital can withdraw life support for Charlie Gard after doctors say he has brain damage

Doctors can withdraw life-support treatment from a sick baby boy against his parents’ wishes, a high court judge has ruled.

Specialists at Great Ormond Street hospital (GOSH) in central London had told the court they believed it was time to stop providing life support for eight-month-old Charlie Gard, who has a rare genetic condition.

Doctors treating the infant say he has brain damage and should be moved on to a palliative care regime. His parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, of Bedfont, west London, wanted to take him to a hospital in the US for a treatment trial.

On Tuesday, Mr Justice Francis said: “It is with the heaviest of hearts but with complete conviction for Charlie’s best interests that I find it is in Charlie’s best interests that I accede to these applications and rule that GOSH may lawfully withdraw all treatment save for palliative care to permit Charlie to die with dignity.”

As he spoke, Gard buried his head in his hands and cried “no” as other family members broke down. Charlie’s parents are considering mounting an appeal.

The judge praised Charlie’s parents “for their brave and dignified campaign on his behalf” and “their absolute dedication to their wonderful boy from the day that he was born”.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: deathpanel
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The parents raised £1.2 million to treat their child, but aren't even allowed to spend their own money.
1 posted on 04/11/2017 10:58:56 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Gotta be “FAIR” to everyone since the government is paying for it. And this is perfect government speak.

” Charlie’s best interests that I find it is in Charlie’s best interests “

Sorry Charlie. For your own sake we are going to kill you.


2 posted on 04/11/2017 11:02:16 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: nickcarraway

Government health ‘care’: killing you when convenient.


3 posted on 04/11/2017 11:03:07 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: Organic Panic

The judge is a nazi.

Hitler won, England was defeated, just 50 years later.


4 posted on 04/11/2017 11:07:24 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: Regulator

This is one of those cases where the judge is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.

I understand the position of the parents and can empathize with their desires for their child.

OTOH, if he’s in an unrecoverable state then let nature take its course.

Glad I don’t have to decide this.


5 posted on 04/11/2017 11:07:27 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: nickcarraway

This is outrageous.


6 posted on 04/11/2017 11:08:21 AM PDT by Dante3
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To: nickcarraway

With that kind of money, couldn’t they just move him to another country?


7 posted on 04/11/2017 11:09:28 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: nickcarraway

Another example of what progressivism/being pro-death leads to.


8 posted on 04/11/2017 11:09:38 AM PDT by TheStickman (And their fear tastes like sunshine puked up by unicorns.)
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To: Ouderkirk

Right. Much as we instinctively recognize that human life cannot have a price put on it, modern medicine has moved us to a point where patients with medical conditions that cannot be cured end up in a state where they can be “treated” indefinitely. This dilemma gets magnified when you have a government-run health care system where all of these decisions are made by bureaucrats instead of doctors.


9 posted on 04/11/2017 11:12:29 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: nickcarraway

People wonder why Pro-life people should not give an inch. It is indeed a slippery downhill slope.


10 posted on 04/11/2017 11:13:59 AM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: Ouderkirk

I think the parents should decide, not a judge.


11 posted on 04/11/2017 11:14:46 AM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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They were trying to bring him to the U.S. judge ruled they cannot, he must die.

This is so wrong on so many levels. This case solves all the arguments we hear about cases like this; the parents were in agreement, not expecting the taxpayers to pay, found doctors in U.S. willing to put him into research program.

The problem is the government (judge) says no, doesn’t matter what the parents want. Definition of nanny state.


12 posted on 04/11/2017 11:20:33 AM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: Ouderkirk

That’s what happened with Karen Ann Quinlin but in reverse.
The parents wanted to pull the plug.
The courts wouldn’t let them based on what the Drs. wanted.
The parents finally succeeded with the NJ Supreme Court.

The plug was pulled.
Karen lived another 9 years.

Turns out, God was in charge.


13 posted on 04/11/2017 11:21:32 AM PDT by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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To: Ouderkirk

I personally know many people who doctors said were “unrecoverable,” and know of many more. Doctors don’t exactly have an unblemished record about this sort of thing.


14 posted on 04/11/2017 11:27:30 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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The Quinlan situation was a landmark case on a number of levels. The parents were probably 100% correct in that case, because they were only seeking to have their daughter removed from a ventilator. Removing a patient in a persistent vegetative state (I believe that is an actual medical term) from a ventilator is not the same as denying a patient life-saving medical treatment. A patient who is not going to recover from an injury or illness and who cannot breathe on her own is giving every indication that nature (God) is taking its own course.

It's important to note that the parents never sought to remove her feeding tube after she remained alive without the ventilator. That's why she was able to survive another nine years in that state.

15 posted on 04/11/2017 11:27:51 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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They wanted to move him to the U.S. The death panel said, “no.”


16 posted on 04/11/2017 11:28:09 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Tammy8

If that’s the case, then I would probably have no objection if the parents armed themselves and spirited their child away from the hospital at gunpoint.


17 posted on 04/11/2017 11:28:41 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: nickcarraway

How can a judge prevent parents getting care for their child using private money? Anyone got a link to the ruling?


18 posted on 04/11/2017 11:34:13 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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Then there was Terri Schiavo, whose parents wanted to care for her, but her husband who contributed to the judge’s political campaign wanted to starve her to death, and surprise, the judge agreed with the husband.

Both Gov. and Pres. Bush talked big about wanting to save her, but cowarded out.

No, I will not accept, “They did all they could to save her.”


19 posted on 04/11/2017 11:38:35 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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Like I said, I’m glad I don’t have to decide...Either morally or ethically.


20 posted on 04/11/2017 11:48:21 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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