One of the most important rights throughout human history is the right of parents to make decisions concerning their children\u2019s welfare. Almost every culture and civilization has honored this principle\u2014formally or informally\u2013as a basic human right and a necessary foundation for family flourishing. Western countries often recognized parental rights as natural rights\u2014rights that cannot be compromised by government interference. But in the case of Alfie, the state is redefining parental rights so that they extend only as far as the government or other elites, such as the medical elites, determine.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, unlike the Charlie Gard case, Alfie Evans has only been examined by one medical team or acute care team. As\u00a0Charles Camosy<\/a>\u00a0has pointed out, those acute care teams of medical experts often make the wrong decisions regarding the inevitability of death. To put the matter bluntly, there are numerous cases in which medical authorities said an individual would surely die, but those people are still alive.<\/p>\n