BBC NEWS | Health | Sick baby's family thanks judge
At last there is some positive news for families with severely disabled children. Baby MB has been given a reprieve in a ruling by Justice Holman in the UK. The judge has ruled that since the little boy can interact with his environment the medical team cannot switch off the ventilator due to "quality of life arguments.
This is a ruling that has acknowledge something that was denied to Terri Schiavo - that he can respond to outside stimulus and that he does have a quality of life albeit not the same as a normal toddler when it comes to taking first steps.
Quality of life arguments are designed to deny a person the right to go on living. In this case we can see what happens when a just judge reviews all of the facts that are placed before him.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
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