The mother said 'kill it', the high court judge thought, 'kill it' and the father eventually agreed and said, 'Okay, kill it'. The judge commended them both on their bravery and compassion. This appears to have been another High Court case in which truth and a human life have been sacrificed in the name of secular sympathy. It also appears to have been a case where everyone had a lawyer except the human being whose life was at stake.
How dare I say that?
On November 8th 2009, The Times published this article on a woman, now aged 19, with the same condition, studying at Royal Holloway, University of London and living independently who made a public plea to the parents not to withdraw life support.
I haven't actually followed all the ins-and-outs of this case, but the Church has never insisted that extraordinary means be used to keep a person alive, only all the ordinary ones. Life support machines do come under the "extraordinary means" category.
ReplyDeleteIt's terribly sad, nevertheless, and I suspect that the whole thing "went public" in an attempt to further the cause of those who want to allow euthanasia and assisted dying.