"Every day that (Archie) continues to be given life-sustaining treatment is contrary to his best interests and, so, a stay, even for a short time, is against his best interests," he added.
I mean as shitty as healthcare standards have gotten, the kid was brain dead near enough four months ago and organ failure was starting to set in, there's no mistaking that's past the point of no return.
The "against his best interests" line is almost disgustingly trite, being kept alive isn't against anyone's best interests, but the kid was effectively long gone and keeping a corpse warm forever isn't really in anyone else's best interests.
the kid was effectively long gone and keeping a corpse warm forever isn't really in anyone else's best interests
I agree with this, and if the doctors aren't being honest about this with the family then they should lose their medical licenses. That said this is a call the family needs to make. That the family may make a retarded choice isn't a good reason to deprive them of their choice. Remember the Obamacare death panel debate? This is what the Right was worried about.
This is why we own guns in America.
I mean as shitty as healthcare standards have gotten, the kid was brain dead near enough four months ago and organ failure was starting to set in, there's no mistaking that's past the point of no return.
The "against his best interests" line is almost disgustingly trite, being kept alive isn't against anyone's best interests, but the kid was effectively long gone and keeping a corpse warm forever isn't really in anyone else's best interests.
I agree with this, and if the doctors aren't being honest about this with the family then they should lose their medical licenses. That said this is a call the family needs to make. That the family may make a retarded choice isn't a good reason to deprive them of their choice. Remember the Obamacare death panel debate? This is what the Right was worried about.
They didn't help Terri Schiavo.
You need to be willing to use them as well. Schiavo's family wasn't. Note that I'm not expressing a view either way on the Schiavo case.
This case was literally the third Google result: https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2021-06-22/ty-article/u-k-court-rules-that-orthodox-couples-daughter-must-be-taken-off-life-support/0000017f-df1d-df7c-a5ff-df7fc5de0000
Don't you feel just a bit silly?
We all know the answer to this. Feeling silly requires self awareness.
You had to go back to 2017, eh? While ignoring the case from last year - even though you falsely claimed that "every time" it was a boy.
You being silly is an understatement.