The Law and Charlie Gard
on July 29, 2017
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As expected, the news has come of the death of Charlie Gard.
This sad and troubling case has drawn worldwide discussion, and questions and concerns have been raised about what might happen in a similar case here.
Some analogies have been made to the well-known US case of Terry Schiavo, but there were very important differences in the fact situation there that makes Schiavo a poor analogy. That case involved a battle between the husband and parents of the adult Schiavo over what her expressed wishes about end-of-life care had been.
In contrast, Charlie Gard is an infant, and his case pitted his parents' wishes against the opinions of the hospital and doctors.





