Yeah, this was my first thought - I would bet that’s NOT what’s going on here, but frankly there are babies born which physiologically don’t fit into the gender binary, and the option of going “U” should have already existed for them rather than just arbitrarily deciding to make whatever seemed like the less intrusive…

I agree, plus sex isn’t the same as gender. There’s nothing wrong with recognizing a child’s sex at birth while making zero assumptions about their future gender (or sexuality) provided you give them options to identify correctly down the line.

I personally think this is a goofy thing to do, but it doesn’t matter — 95% chance Searyl is indisputably girly or boyish by the time they turn 5. And if it means people will buy fewer nauseatingly gendered things for the baby, I can only be supportive.

I don’t really understand. In any case where parents are making decisions that harm their children the state (UK or US) will intervene, right? So if a parent is displaying behaviour which is abusive or neglectful the state will make decisions in the best interest of the child, overriding parental authority if it is…

But the problem is, are the parents really doing what’s right for the child? Parents are given deference in questions of child welfare and they should. Parents are certainly MORE LIKELY to know what is best for their child. But they can’t know 100%. But more importantly, parents are human beings and human beings are…

So, it’s a great idea to bring this poor child and his desperate parents over here and spend millions prolonging his agony, but awful to keep millions of American kids on their healthcare plans?

1. His doctors said the won’t survive the trip

Do those people really think that a cure for this child’s illness is waiting for him in the US? How to argue against such absolute, deliberate, ignorance?

I hate when commenters get pedantic, er, but I’ll do it anyway - stories are saying that the EU Human Rights Court ruled to pull the plug, when they actually ruled not to hear the case (because it had already been decided by three UK courts).

No.

The truth is that they are not of their right mind. This is why courts have had to step in and decide the best course for the baby. The sooner this infant is released the better. We should all hope and help the parents find peace and solace.

Yeah, I think it’s tough because an adult could make their wishes known in regard to how they want something like this handled. A kid couldn’t have, so someone needs to look out for them who isn’t biased. I’m sure the parents are very loving and want what’s best for their kid, but parenthood also makes people selfish.…

Yeah, I feel like Trump just sees this as a “smart people telling us what to do with our lives” thing and is immediately opposed.

I can only have boundless compassion for these parents, even as I disagree with their decisions about prolonging their son’s existence. I realize that’s easy for me to say from my position as a mom of healthy kids who has never gone through such a devastating experience so I try really hard (not always successfully,…

I don’t really agree with framing this as the “medical establishment” doing this solely to take away their decision. (Not to mention that I don’t think this is an establishment, as much as an agreement among the professional individuals who are involved.) Unfortunately, with medical issues, there’s a finite amount of…

I know that mom is in a very bad place, but if you choose to see the world through only one eye – when you have a choice – there are some serious mental issues in place, regardless of the other problems.

Fuck.....off

I have all the sympathy in the world for how horrible and difficult and unfair this situation is for these parents but it is unimaginably cruel and selfish to that child for them to keep him alive in his condition.

Of course they don’t want their baby to die, that why sometimes the medical team have to say “this is what is best, nothing more can be done.”. He is not their property. He is a baby with rights of his own. He has a right to live and die in dignity. The decision shouldn’t be theirs. I hope they can make their…

I’ve seen a lot of Trumpers saying this is what’s wrong with single payer healthcare and I’m like... what?!