British Dad Fights to Keep Baby RB on Life Support »
Posted By epiphannyy 1 month, 3 weeks ago in News
A British hospital wants to remove a 1-year-old boy born with a rare neuromuscular condition from life support, but the child’s father is fighting to keep him alive.
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"Doctors treating the baby say he has such poor quality of life that it's not in his best interests to keep him alive. But lawyers for the father argue that child's brain is not affected by the condition and that Baby RB can see, hear, feel, recognize his parents and even play with toys."
If he couldn't walk, they'd give him crutches wouldn't they? If he were disabled in any other way, wouldn't they accommodate him however possible? If what the father's attorneys are saying is try, he's basically just a kid whose disability is that he can't breath on his own. If (and that's a BIG if) he's able to do everything they say - see, hear, feel, recognize his parents, and play with toys - then I can't understand the decision to pull the plug based on a quality of life issue. I realize he's doomed to a life attached to a vent, but so are many quadriplegics. While that may not be the best life in the world, it's certainly better than the alternative they are offering him.
To me, if the brain is intact, then life exists and "pulling the plug" shouldn't be an option. And if it is, I think you're treading on the precipice of murder.
Honestly, I wonder if there's something missing from this story because it just doesn't make sense that they'd want to kill him just because he needs a vent to survive.
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