This is a tough one for me. Boy in my family this same age who I'm really close to, and I know I'd be insanely upset if this was him. Being that 12 year old boys can be idiots it very well could be. Still though, I think I'd feel really bad if he really was never coming back to choose clinging to mechanical life versus being willing to let go. It's a tough predicament.
In the end, it shouldn't be on the government though to decide. That's what happens with social medicine. Burden on the system. At the very least the family should have the decision themselves to decide to pool the resources necessary to keep going.
This is a tough one for me. Boy in my family this same age who I'm really close to, and I know I'd be insanely upset if this was him. Being that 12 year old boys can be idiots it very well could be. Still though, I think I'd feel really bad if he really was never coming back to choose clinging to mechanical life versus being willing to let go. It's a tough predicament.
In the end, it shouldn't be on the government though to decide. That's what happens with social medicine. Burden on the system. At the very least the family should have the decision themselves to decide to pool the resources necessary to keep going.