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March 6, 2006

Baby Life support goes public

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Once again in England, we see the move towards the introduction of euthansia for children who are severely disabled. This is a very heart wrenching case because the parents want to take their son home and care for him, but the doctors want to end his life on the grounds that his life is "intoleratle". One can't help but wonder who gives these doctors the right to play God and determine that this precious life is one that must not be lived because according to their criteria the child's life is intolerable?

(...) A 17-month-old boy at the centre of a landmark right-to-life case has an "intolerable life", the high court heard today.

(...) The boy, who can be named only as MB, suffers from spinal muscular atrophy - an incurable and progressively worsening condition that leads to complete paralysis.

(...) The court heard that he cannot breathe for himself, cannot chew or swallow, is fed through a tube and, though he is not impaired mentally, can move only his eyebrows, feet and fingers, and these very slightly.

(...) An unnamed hospital trust has asked Mr Justice Holman for permission to withdraw life-saving ventilation from the child because he has such a low quality of life.

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"Withdraw life-saving ventilation from the child because he has such a low quality of life? Now society is to refuse to allow someone life-supporting assistance because of their "quality of life"? What next, are we to see "quality of life" courts to determine which disabled and infirmed citizens have sufficient quality of life so as to have access to society's food supply? Murder by societal edict or judicial fiat is still - murder.

Posted by at March 6, 2006 4:02 PM

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