Tag Archives: ZZ: Palmer v East Tennessee Childrens Hospital Association

Philadelphia Bulletin: “‘A disability should not be a death sentence. No one should be allowed to decide that an innocent life is not worth saving,’ said Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) Legal Counsel Matt Bowman. ADF filed the lawsuit and emergency measure to save Baby Gabriel.”

ProLife Blogs: “‘A disability should not be a death sentence. No one should be allowed to decide that an innocent life is not worth saving,’ said ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman. ‘Doctors at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital need to do the right thing and make sure Baby Gabriel gets the treatment he needs to live. He is loved by his mother, is in stable condition, and could live for a long time. The hospital’s treatment–or lack thereof–of this helpless little boy is simply inhuman.’”

Catholic News Agency: “‘We are pleased at the ethics panel’s decision and look forward to full resolution in writing so that Baby Gabriel’s life will no longer be in danger,’ said ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman.”

OneNewsNow: “ADF attorney Matt Bowman explains the infant’s situation. ‘He has trouble breathing. He has some other difficulties, but he’s in stable condition and his mother wants his care to continue,’ explains Bowman. ‘We believe that a disability should not be a death sentence, and that the doctors at that hospital who were threatening to withdraw his care over the mother’s objection should not have done so and were violating the law.’”

The Church Report: “‘A disability should not be a death sentence. No one should be allowed to decide that an innocent life is not worth saving,’ said ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman. ‘Doctors at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital need to do the right thing and make sure Baby Gabriel gets the treatment he needs to live. He is loved by his mother, is in stable condition, and could live for a long time. The hospital’s treatment–or lack thereof–of this helpless little boy is simply inhuman.’”

Wesley J. Smith writing at Secondhand Smoke, First Things: “An attorney affiliated with the Alliance Defense Fund has used litigation to stop a Tennessee hospital from unilaterally withdrawing life support from an infant.”

WorldNetDaily: “‘The ethics panel formally agreed not to withdraw his care,’ the organization said this afternoon. ‘ADF attorneys are withdrawing their motion for temporary restraining order but will not withdraw the complaint until a written agreement is finalized.’ ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman said he’s pleased with the ethics panel’s decision and looks forward to full resolution in writing so the baby’s life will no longer be in danger.”

Volunteer TV (CBS): “Attorney John Threadgill represents the Palmer family as part of the Alliance Defense Fund, which filed suit against the hospital. There was also an emergency motion in court today to, according to the ADF, save the life of Gabriel. That was postponed.”

ADF attorneys representing mother file emergency motion to save child’s life