Friday, February 18, 2011

‘Death panels’: Canadian court rules baby’s life support removed against parents’ wishes

LONDON, Ontario, February 17, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - One-year-old Joseph Maraachli of Windsor, Ontario will have his life support removed Monday at 10 am. after the Ontario Superior Court today rejected an appeal by the parents to bring him home where he can die under their care....


...“I asked them: why not send him to Windsor and let him die at home?” he continued.  “They said they will give him injection, but I don’t want to.”...

http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-death-panels-court-rules-babys-life-support-removed-against-parent

2 comments:

Delirious said...

That is really frightening, especially in light of our new "obamacare". Will the government eventually decide who should and shouldn't receive medical treatment under their care plan, and who should and shouldn't live?

eutychus said...

of course. It is the natural extension of such a plan. But this is scary for the fact that the parents wishes are being ignored. If a child is going to die, isn't it the very lest we can do, to let the parents choose where that should happen? It is the very basic premise of hospice care and makes sense so long as other priorities (e.g. control, money)don't usurp it.