I read today’s headlines on the Drudge Report and I see
Britain is pursuing a couple for taking their child out of the hospital against
doctor’s orders. The couple fled to Spain to seek proton beam therapy for a
child with a brain tumor. Proton beam therapy for brain tumors is not available
in Britain. Britain’s response was to put out an arrest warrant for the family
and Interpol arrested them in Spain. The child has been turned over to family
services and hospitalized in Spain. A judge will decide whether to honor
Britain’s extradition order.
This brings to mind the Justina Pelletier case. The
Pelletier’s ordeal began in 2012 when Boston Children’s Hospital got the state
of Massachusetts child services to take Justina away from her parents because
the doctors in Boston had a different diagnosis than Justina’s doctor at Tufts
Medical Center in Connecticut. Under Massachusetts law, by making Justina a
ward of the state, Boston Children’s was allowed to use her for medical
experiments against her will. Of course the family had no input and the foolish
judge overseeing the case would not even let the Pelletier family discuss the
case, so they could hide it from the media.
Think what precedent this sets. When Obamacare’s death
panels rule against a life saving procedure, the government can pursue you
across country borders. This can prevent you from saving your own life, because
the procedure is outlawed by socialized medicine. Is this a medical system you
would choose?
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