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On Thursday, I wrote a comment about the decision by the Ontario Superior Court to withdraw the ventilator from 13 month old, Joseph Maraachli. This is not a case of euthanasia but it is an injustice that will effect Ontario citizens because the Judge decided that the decision of the doctors and the hospital is upheld against the reasonable decision of the family. All the family is wanting to do is bring Joseph home so that he can die in the care of his family. A group of people who are supporting the Maraachli family are having a vigil...

  Moe Maraachli with another son and Joseph. To join a Facebook page in support of the parents of Joseph Maraachli, click here.LONDON, Ontario, February 22, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - While things were looking up for the parents of Joseph Maraachli this past weekend, the picture has now become bleaker. In the latest twist in the case the London hospital where their dying son is being cared for is seeking to remove the parents’ decision-making power after they refused to have him taken off life support. Hospital security is also denying them private visitations. Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia...

Baby Joseph Maraachli and his father Moe. To join a Facebook page in support of the parents of Joseph Maraachli, click here.LONDON, Ontario, February 17, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - One-year-old Joseph Maraachli of Windsor, Ontario, who was to have his life support removed Monday at 10 am. against his parents’ wishes, will now not die on the day that Ontario residents celebrate as Family Day.  A hustle by pro-life and anti-euthanasia groups resulted in a change in legal counsel, which has led to at least a temporary stay of removal of the child’s ventilator.  Alex Schadenberg, head of the Euthanasia Prevention...