Does the USA have a legal agreement with the parents that if the treatment does not work, the US hospital can stop life support?
Or, does the USA have an agreement with Britain to accept this patient back when either the treatment does not work or the money runs out?
When it’s someone else’s life, we ask if the treatment is justified. If it is your life, do you want people debating the quality of your life before offering treatment? And, I don’t think that there is enough information in any news article to base a decision that can end someone’s life upon. All the Monday morning doctors with their superior thought processes make me sick.
The issue here is the State is calling the shots. The parents know how sick their baby is and that he cannot be “cured” - maybe symptoms can be relieved in this experimental treatment - who knows? You and I sure don’t. They raised more than a million pounds to help pay for Charlie’s care. The questions you ask can all be answered, but should not be used as delaying obstruction.
At the very least, Charlie’s parents asked to take their child home to die. Is there no home hospice care in England?
This child is being Terri Schiavo’d and that is wrong and evil. Every child in a NICU could end up with this test case sending them down the chute as well. All about the $$$$$$ even when it isn’t.