There has been a lot of talk in the media lately about little Charlie Gard, and how the courts and bureaucracy of the United Kingdom have prevented his parents from spending their own money to try to treat him in another hospital.
Many are asking, how did we get here? How did many of our brightest minds in law and government arrive at a conclusion that so callously disregards parental rights, parental love, and his parents' right to fight for his life? How did we get to a place where the state has a higher authority than the boy's parents? How are the rights of parents to choose a course of treatment completely disregarded? Why does the government think this is O.K.? Where does that authority come from?
QUINCY — The Kennedy surname conjures up images of the White House and is synonymous with the American presidency for many people, especially in Massachusetts.
