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There was never any hope for a recovery for Alfie. All the Bambino Jesu was offering was palliative care. Theirs was more invasive than Liverpool’s - a tracheostomy for breathing and a similar operation for feeding. Neither intervention would have actively treated him.
Alfie did have palliative care since Monday. There was no question of euthenasia which is illegal in the UK.
There is no concept of parental rights in England. Parents don’t own their child. There are many of these types of cases every month in hospitals across the country, and 99% of them are resolved through common sense where doctors and parents understand and respect one another.
The courts are only involved when there is a breakdown in communication, and they will only ever decide on what is in the best interest of the child, not the parents. That is why every single court decision has been unanimous. If you read the court decisions, they are incredibly sensitive to the feelings of the family, yet keeping focussed on the best outcome for the child.
Alfie’s parents got into an entrenched position, not helped by foreign influences, where they could not gracefully back down. They were very poorly advised by legal teams (who were quids-in), and not accepting of great pastoral support.
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There was never any hope for a recovery for Alfie. All the Bambino Jesu was offering was palliative care. Theirs was more invasive than Liverpool’s - a tracheostomy for breathing and a similar operation for feeding. Neither intervention would have actively treated him.
Alfie did have palliative care since Monday. There was no question of euthenasia which is illegal in the UK.
There is no concept of parental rights in England. Parents don’t own their child. There are many of these types of cases every month in hospitals across the country, and 99% of them are resolved through common sense where doctors and parents understand and respect one another.
The courts are only involved when there is a breakdown in communication, and they will only ever decide on what is in the best interest of the child, not the parents. That is why every single court decision has been unanimous. If you read the court decisions, they are incredibly sensitive to the feelings of the family, yet keeping focussed on the best outcome for the child.
Alfie’s parents got into an entrenched position, not helped by foreign influences, where they could not gracefully back down. They were very poorly advised by legal teams (who were quids-in), and not accepting of great pastoral support.
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