Now an international news phenomenon, Baby Alfie presents another case of pro-death, draconian socialist medical systems grabbing away parental rights. The more fundamental issue that nobody really wants to talk about is — why do parents insist on surrendering the responsibility for medical care to the state? Socialist medicine will naturally undermine parental rights. Tom and Kate already surrendered decision-making to the state when they signed up for socialist medicine. Now, California families who check their kids into public schools in Orange County must subject their children to the Sodomy 101 classes too. The battle for parental rights is real, but parents are going to have to make the call before they sign up for socialist education and socialist medicine.
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Alternative view This particular case is not helped by the hyperbole delivered by this broadcaster, who clearly has a personal axe to grind regarding increasing government 'interference' in the lives of people. Then again, that's the nature of government - to make laws, about which people often object to, sometimes rightly, sometimes not.
The boy, Alfie, had an incurable brain disease, a disease which had largely destroyed that brain. The boy was being kept alive by a ventilator, which the doctors decided should be switched off because, in their professional view, it was pointless and cruel to keep the boy alive by that means. The Law, in Britain, supports the doctors who are presumed to be acting in the best interests of the patient, in this case, the boy, Alfie. The Law, in acting for the best interests of the child, decided death was preferable to keeping the child alive with no hope of recovery. The parents disagreed, as many parents would, but that would not, necessarily, be in the best interests of their child. In fact, their love could get in the way of doing what's best for Alfie, even to let him die.
Of course, there was no valid reason, in my view, for the judge to rule that the parents wouldn't be allowed to take the boy to Italy for further treatment but that is another issue
Kevin Swanson has served as elder and pastor of Reformation Church, OPC since its inception. Kevin was raised on the mission field in Japan in the 1960's and 1970's. Together with his wife Brenda, they are bringing up five children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord....