Columnist: 'Charlie Gard's Parents Aren't Criminals, They're Distraught Parents'

Veronica Neffinger : Jul 12, 2017
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"Societies depend on the principle that parents are their children's best guardians. It's appalling for the state—particularly one that runs the health-care system—to claim that it, not the loving parents, have the final say." -Jonah Goldberg

[Christian Headlines] By now, most of us have probably heard about the controversy surrounding the treatment of 11-month-old Charlie Gard. (Photo: Facebook/via Christian Headlines)

Charlie suffers from a rare mitochondrial disease, which has resulted in brain damage and seizures. The UK hospital where he has spent his entire life, Great Ormond Street Hospital, appealed to the courts to have his life support withdrawn, and was granted their request.

Charlie's parents, however, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, want to bring their son to the U.S. where an experimental treatment is available that, although unlikely, could possibly improve Charlie's condition.

Yesterday, Judge Nicholas Francis gave Charlie's parents and their legal team...

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