{"id":254292,"date":"2021-09-29T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T01:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=254292"},"modified":"2021-09-29T21:22:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T02:22:52","slug":"hospital-custody-baby-remove-life-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/hospital-custody-baby-remove-life-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital takes custody of three-month-old baby to remove him from life support"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(National Review<\/a>) Keaton Crull, a three-month-old baby from Indiana being treated in Kentucky, is about to be removed from life support over his parents\u2019 objections. That\u2019s because they no longer have a say. Their parental rights over his medical decisions were stripped\u2013and it looks like that drastic step might have been taken because they refused to give up on him.<\/p>\n

Keaton has a serious case of muscular dystrophy and has broken bones from birth that are not healing properly. He is on pain control. The doctors say that Keaton\u2019s health is worsening and he won\u2019t live a year, and so the life support is futile. But according to the parents, doctors previously said he would only live a month. These things can be very uncertain.<\/p>\n

Doctors want to remove life support and the parents have no say.\u00a0From the ABC57 story:<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThey took custody of him on\u2026 I want to say the 22nd (August),\u201d Kyle says.<\/em><\/p>\n

According to confidential documents we obtained from a Kentucky Child Protective Services hearing, doctors at Norton claim the Crulls abandoned their son by being \u201cminimally involved,\u201d so the state of Kentucky took custody of Keaton, which gives the hospital the authority to make medical decision[s] instead of the Crulls.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThey expect us to stay there with him 24\/7 and we can\u2019t,\u201d Kyle explains. \u201cWe have other kids and bills and stuff like that that we have to maintain, so we made a decision, as a family, to go down there on the weekends,\u201d Kyle says.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI made the hospital aware that I would be working between 5 a.m. and 3 p.m., so I couldn\u2019t take every call that I got, especially being a new employee,\u201d Jennifer says, adding her last job didn\u2019t work out because of Keaton\u2019s constant need for care\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOn the 29th (September), there\u2019s going to be court and, basically, me and my wife have to give a defense of why our son should get this medicine and why we should continue to fight for his life and not give up on him,\u201d Kyle says.<\/em><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Two abortion survivors, denied medical care, died in the name of \u2018choice\u2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hard cases make for bad decisions. The question is: Where should the decisional benefit of the doubt be given? I say with family. A few points.<\/span><\/p>\n