Boy who cannot see or hear is on life support machines at King's College hospitalA Christian mother and father have lost their bid to send their severely disabled four-year-old son to a Vatican-backed hospital in Italy after a judge ruled that he should not be 'forced to live'.
The decision has been fought tooth and nail by the parents, identified only as Mr and Mrs R, who say their son is 'a gift from God' and it is 'wholly unethical to bring about his death by choice'. 'They are not"forced to die" but should not be"forced to live" and may be relieved of the burdens of treatment and be"allowed to die",' the judge said.
'In making those decisions, a judge puts aside their own ethical views or any religious beliefs and applies the key, well-established, legal principles.'They told me that it had never entered their minds to terminate Mrs R's pregnancy after they had been told of NR's congenital abnormalities following scanning.
'The extent of his awareness of their presence and his interactions with them cannot be known with any certainty, but I accept their evidence that he can be comforted by them. 'The treating clinicians...are of the view that it is in NR's best interests now to withdraw life sustaining treatment because, as Dr A put it to the court, the burdens 'far, far outweigh' any benefits.'The presumption of the preservation of life is strong but, in my judgment, it is clearly displaced in this case.
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