Worst Parental Dispute of All: Parents Ask Court to Decide Whether Baby Should Live or Die
Mother and Father have 1 year old Baby.
Mother and Father are separated.
Baby has condition as a result of which his lungs constantly fill with fluid and then have to be suctioned out.
Baby is in the hospital on a ventilator.
Baby’s prognosis does not look good.
The hospital and doctors recommend taking Baby off the ventilator and allowing him to die.
Father believes Baby has some quality of life and does not want to take Baby off the ventilator.
So Father seeks a court order prohibiting taking Baby off the ventilator.
As the case is progressing, another medical specialist is being consulted.
Read more in this CNN article: Father fights mother over baby’s life.
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