Though the real question here is when does the State have the right to tell individual citizens when that time is.Wow, this has to be the ultimate pot/kettle exchange.your entire point of these posts, outside of being a d*uche, is?
Aside from that, my point is that the child is suffering. The child's brain damage will never be reversed. The child will likely be on a ventilator, bed ridden and have little to no cognitive function for the rest of its life, even if it received the "theoretical" treatment. I certainly understand the parents wanting to leave no stone unturned, but when is enough suffering enough, especially when a cure is, by all admissions, impossible?
If people want the Government out of private decisions in their bedrooms, the Government should stay out of private decisions in their hospital rooms as well.