Monday, February 27, 2006

Of death, of life, and of slippery slopes

Charlotte Wyatt is a 2yo disabled girl in England. A judge has ruled that doctors may withhold life support, against her parents' wishes.
In a normal case when your baby is ill the hospital will step up efforts to help. But Charlotte is special, and instead doctors submitted an emergency application to the judge to get permission not to treat her. Yesturday Justice Hedley concurred with them, reversing his previous order. Apparently the baby was on a "downward rather than an upward trend" and therefore not worth saving.

Never mind the vast improvements she had made, the way she had always made stunning recoveries after each of her illnesses, how she had proven the doctors wrong each time. Never mind that she had shown herself a fighter, and with all the strength in her little body was battling for her chance at life.

After all, she was Charlotte, and Charlotte... Charlotte might always be disabled child. She might never be quite normal, and her joys might never be quite the same as ours. Disabled people aren't like the rest of us, and when they are sick...they have to be allowed to die.


Appalling. Yet, sadly, not surprising in the least. :-(

(HT: Michelle Malkin)

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Hi Keer!
It was so good to hear from you today, thanks for stopping by.
Happy Blogging Anniversary!;-)

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