Is There a Right to Life for a Disabled Newborn?

"I think that if you have a newborn infant who has severe problems, the parents should be able to decide whether their child will continue to live," he says. "In the sense what I'm saying is simply okay, since we're responsible for what we cause by withdrawing treatment and since sometimes withdrawing treatment isn't an option." He adds: "You should never withdraw a respirator from a child because of prognosis that there's going to be a very severe disability if the child survives"