[potatopolis]

Created my account just to respond to this.

Alfie Evans was allowed to die based on unanimous, qualified medical evidence that was placed before the judiciary, which is entirely separate from the government. This ridiculous idea of "the government putting him to death" that's doing the rounds in the US media at the moment is disgustingly disingenuous and, what is worse, factually far from the mark.

Alfie's parents, at no point, owned his life. He did, and every qualified, trained medical professional agreed that it was not in HIS interests to be kept alive with no realistic hope of recovery. It's dreadfully sad and I don't in the least blame the parents for wanting a different outcome, but this is Terri Schiavo all over again with the added media abuse of the fact that it's a child to further their own agenda.

[judah]

>> every qualified, trained medical professional agreed

Except there were offers from international hospitals and doctors who disagreed and wanted to treat him. It's in the article I linked to.

And, as you point out, the UK legal system shut that down.

[DanBC]

No. Those hospitals were not offering anything other than palliative care.

He had no brain! There's no possible treatment.