01/24/2024
Happy to announce my article, “Promoting the Value of Life in the Face of Legal Challenges,” is now published in Ethics & Medics. The tragic cases of Charlie Gard and, more recently, Indi Gregory in the United Kingdom. The article discusses the disagreements over the use of “ordinary vs. extraordinary” means balanced with the rights of parents to make health care decisions for their minor children.
The tragic cases of Charlie Gard and, more recently, Indi Gregory in the United Kingdom have brought into question the rights of parents in cases where civil authorities consider prolonged medical intervention to be inappropriate. In both cases, accommodations were offered to the parents by medical....