UN CONVENTION ON CHILD RIGHTS: WHY A HOSPITAL IS FIGHTING SO HARD TO KILL A BABY
Published on Jul 14, 2017
Why
is a hospital fighting so hard to block parents with a child dying from
a rare condition from getting experimental medical treatment another
hospital is offering for free? Would it damage the reputation of the
hospital “revered as one of the world’s best children’s hospitals” if
another hospital succeeded where they failed? Perhaps. But in arguing to
kill the baby rather than allowing someone else to treat him, they said
“a world where ONLY PARENTS SPEAK & DECIDE FOR CHILDREN and where
children have NO SEPARATE IDENTITY or rights and no court to hear &
protect them is far from the world in which [this hospital] treats its
child patients.” They may be trying to protect their reputation, but
they were appealing to the court and reminding it that it is subject to
the UNCRC, the United Nations Convention on Child Rights. David Knight
breaks down what that is and why it must be stopped in the US.