Doctors in Knoxville, Tennessee -- under threat of a lawsuit by Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) -- are going to let Gabriel Palmer live.
Physicians had wanted to pull the plug on "Baby Gabriel," who has been hospitalized for nine months since being born prematurely with a genetic abnormality -- a club foot and narrow airway. In October, Gabriel's mother took him to the emergency room because he was experiencing breathing problems. The child went into shock, developed pulmonary vascular disease, and was placed on a respirator. 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." ADF filed suit asking for an emergency motion to save the baby's life. Bowman says the hospital reacted in the child's favor. "Thankfully, after we filed the lawsuit, the doctors on the ethics panel changed their opinion and decided not to withdraw his care," he reports. The baby is on a respirator and medication, withdrawal of which would leave Gabriel with no chance at life. ADF plans to keep the lawsuit on the books until they have an agreement in writing to make sure the infant's medical care continues.
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