We Think Your Baby Should Die
Two months ago, following reports of an Amsterdam hospital "euthanizing" babies, I wrote "The value of life continues on a 30-plus year decline in Western society". Here is another example from Europe. This time in the UK.
Charlotte Wyatt was born three month premature in October 2003. She weighed 16 ounces (454 grams) at birth, was the length of a ballpoint pen, and was expected to have a very short life. Doctors told the family she would not make it to her first birthday. With underdeveloped lungs she needed oxygen to live. Between her birth and last October, Charlotte stopped breathing three times and had to be revived. The hospital did not want to revive her a fourth time, her parents did. The hospital took the parents to court and a High Court judge ruled October 7, 2004 that the hospital was not to revive Charlotte.
Today she weighs 14 pounds (6.35 kg) and is showing signs of improvement. The parents have gone back to court to have the judge suspend his order, so far he refuses.
Makes me wonder would the parents be charged with violating a court order if Charlotte stopped breathing and they resuscitated her? Perhaps that is the reason the father is only allowed to visit his daughter when accompanied by a hospital security guard (the guard can´t be worried the father will injure the child, after all the hospital as already proven in court they are unconcerned with the life of the child).
Like I said back in December:
Pre-Born, Post-Born what is the difference?
It is just a matter of time before "quality of life" will be used more and more as an argument to actively terminate babies (and the elderly). How long before a non-life threatening, physical deformity qualifies a child for death "to prevent suffering"? How long before poverty is used as an excuse?
"Sorry mom and dad but you are poor and your baby is ugly, we have to stop her suffering right now"
A culture that refuses to protect the helpless is ultimately doomed.
Who really cares?
Charlotte Wyatt was born three month premature in October 2003. She weighed 16 ounces (454 grams) at birth, was the length of a ballpoint pen, and was expected to have a very short life. Doctors told the family she would not make it to her first birthday. With underdeveloped lungs she needed oxygen to live. Between her birth and last October, Charlotte stopped breathing three times and had to be revived. The hospital did not want to revive her a fourth time, her parents did. The hospital took the parents to court and a High Court judge ruled October 7, 2004 that the hospital was not to revive Charlotte.
Today she weighs 14 pounds (6.35 kg) and is showing signs of improvement. The parents have gone back to court to have the judge suspend his order, so far he refuses.
Makes me wonder would the parents be charged with violating a court order if Charlotte stopped breathing and they resuscitated her? Perhaps that is the reason the father is only allowed to visit his daughter when accompanied by a hospital security guard (the guard can´t be worried the father will injure the child, after all the hospital as already proven in court they are unconcerned with the life of the child).
Like I said back in December:
Pre-Born, Post-Born what is the difference?
It is just a matter of time before "quality of life" will be used more and more as an argument to actively terminate babies (and the elderly). How long before a non-life threatening, physical deformity qualifies a child for death "to prevent suffering"? How long before poverty is used as an excuse?
"Sorry mom and dad but you are poor and your baby is ugly, we have to stop her suffering right now"
A culture that refuses to protect the helpless is ultimately doomed.
Who really cares?
Who´s willing to try to save a world
That´s destined to die
When I look at the world it fills me with sorrow
Little children today are really gonna suffer tomorrow
Oh what a shame, such a bad way to live
All who is to blame, we can´t stop livin´
- from the song "Save The Children" by Marvin Gaye (c) 1971
posted by Quinqube at 03:26
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