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Another win for UK doctors over the rights of parents grieving for a disabled child

Another win for UK doctors over the rights of parents grieving for a disabled child

Nov 16, 2023 | ,

The NHS Trust took the case to court to allow withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. In this legal battle the resources of NHS Trusts are vastly greater than those of the parents. …In court the child is represented, not by the parents, but by a guardian. In principle, the guardian could take the same view as the parents but in this case, as in most such cases, the guardian emphasised the burdens of treatment rather than the benefits of life and viewed Indi’s quality-of-life very negatively. The judge, again as in most such cases, sided with the doctors and with the guardian and declared that it would be in Indi’s best interest for “invasive” life-sustaining treatment to be withdrawn.

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Doctors Asked Mom to Abort Baby with 7% Chance of Survival, Now Her Daughter is 2 Years Old

Doctors Asked Mom to Abort Baby with 7% Chance of Survival, Now Her Daughter is 2 Years Old

Nov 16, 2023 |

Doctors told Kamilah Parvez to abort her daughter during labor. Baby Maysa faced a mere 7% chance of survival, but God had bigger plans. Born at just 22 weeks on June 2, 2021, her mom could only cuddle her for five minutes before she was rushed to the NICU where she lived for three months. …She not only survived but actually improved, surprising her parents and medical professionals alike. Amid the worry and uncertainty, her parents simply took one day at a time.

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