Parental Rights - A Reality Check

[johncar54]

... but what happens to the child when the parents are no longer able to look after him?

In all cases a court can overrule parents.

I understand parents would want to keep their child alive as long as possible, as indeed anyone would want to do for a loved one, but there comes a time when the opinion of medically qualified people out-weighs the parents' irrational wishes.

[Arthur Little]

In all cases a court can overrule parents.

I still maintain the final choice - in such circumstances - should've been the prerogative of the parents ... NOT the lawcourts.