HappyJoy
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koshergrl, need another one?
Baby born with fatal defect dies after removal from life support
Sun's death marks the first time a hospital has been allowed by a U.S. judge to discontinue an infant's life-sustaining care against a parent's wishes, according to bioethical experts. A similar case involving a 68-year-old man in a chronic vegetative state at another Houston hospital is before a court now.
Diapers...or coma?
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Oh ouch, the loophole...
"A doctor's recommendation must be approved by a hospital's ethics committee, and the family must be given 10 days from written notice of the decision to try and locate another facility for the patient."
The mom, who was incompetent, could have moved the child to another hospital, if she had had the wherewithal to figure out how. She didn't, though. She was incompetent. So the court stepped in and forced her to kill her baby.
So her incompetence makes this not quite the slam dunk you think it represents. She wasn't considered competent, she wasn't well informed.
Quite different than a case where a man states he doesn't want to die, and the ghouls convene and decide "screw you, you don't have insurance, we aren't going to allow you access treatment".
Baby born with fatal defect dies after removal from life support
So, if you were president and congress what laws would you like to see to ensure this doesn't happen again?