{"id":597890,"date":"2021-07-20T12:36:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T16:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=597890"},"modified":"2021-07-20T12:36:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T16:36:23","slug":"u-k-court-rules-baby-can-be-taken-off-life-support-against-parents-wishes-parents-continue-to-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-k-court-rules-baby-can-be-taken-off-life-support-against-parents-wishes-parents-continue-to-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. Court Rules Baby Can Be Taken Off Life Support Against Parents\u2019 Wishes, Parents Continue To Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-k-court-rules-baby-can-be-taken-off-life-support-against-parents-wishes-parents-continue-to-fight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=597890&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1021908118.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Parents are fighting to keep their two-year-old daughter alive after a United Kingdom judge&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-manchester-57276221\">ruled<\/a> in May against the family, stating it\u2019s in the girl\u2019s \u201cbest interests\u201d to allow the hospital to remove her life support.<\/p>\n<p>The parents of Alta Fixsler, 2, contend that their Jewish faith bars them from allowing the hospital to remove their baby from life support and they are trying to have Alta relocated to a hospital in Israel or the U.S. at no charge to the government-run National Health Service (NHS).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no reason to kill my daughter like this,\u201d the baby\u2019s American father Abraham Fixsler <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/17\/parents-fight-uk-court-demanding-they-take-daughter-off-life-support\/\">told<\/a> The New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>The Jerusalem Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/why-we-should-everything-to-save-2-year-old-alta-fixsler-comment-674242\">reported<\/a> on the case, Sunday:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><em>Alta Fixsler is a two-year-old girl who was born prematurely and sustained a severe brain injury. She and her parents are Israeli citizens and hassidic Jews. The hospital decided that Alta was \u201cexperiencing pain\u201d and has no quality of life and therefore petitioned the British High Court for permission to remove her life support. Numerous pediatric neurologists contest the hospital\u2019s position and insist that Alta does not feel pain. Still, the court gave the hospital the unilateral decision-making power over the girl\u2019s life.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Motivated by the Jewish outlook on the unconditional worthiness of every human life, Alta\u2019s parents have made every effort to save her life and vigorously oppose the hospital\u2019s intentions. Removing life support is prohibited by Alta\u2019s Jewish religion, and is against Israeli Law.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hospitals in&nbsp;Israel and the U.S. have offered to take Alta into their care, the&nbsp;report noted.&nbsp;United Hatzalah Air, too, has offered to fly the baby to any destination&nbsp;needed without charge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe life-saving effort would not cost the UK National Health Service a penny, yet in scenario that can only be described as Kafkaesque, the doctors in the UK are not willing to release the child to the parents\u2019 family, determined to kill the child instead,\u201d The Jerusalem Post argued. \u201cThe entreaties of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/rivlin-pleas-with-prince-charles-to-bring-child-on-life-support-to-israel-670495\">dozens of politicians<\/a>, hundreds of clergymen, and numerous human rights activists from around the globe have fallen on deaf ears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of places around the world where I can take care of my daughter and they would be happy to take care of her long term,\u201d 28-year-old Fixsler said.&nbsp;\u201cLet me go. That\u2019s all I am saying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe doctors don\u2019t think she has quality of life. But I think she has quality of life,\u201d the father argued. \u201cThis is something very, very painful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Family spokesman Yossi Gestetner told The New York Post,&nbsp;\u201cOur value of life is built into our religious upbringing. Orthodox Judaism encourages the continuation of life until all means are exhausted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, (D-NY) is reportedly pushing to get the family to the U.S. for care.&nbsp;\u201cMy heart breaks for the Fixsler family,\u201d he said to The New York Post, adding that Alta\u2019s \u201cfather is an American citizen and we are going to keep fighting until she is allowed to come. Her life is at stake and she is a beautiful 2-year-old little girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to The New York Post, the Fixsler family \u201cis currently awaiting a hearing to determine if England\u2019s highest court will hear their case. No date for the hearing has been set.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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