Like many of you I find myself watching with a breaking heart as a young British couple faces the likely prospects that their young child, Charlie Gard, is going to die.

Charlie has mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome which causes muscle weakness as well as the loss of functions including eating, talking, breathing and walking. He remains on life support as he has for the last eight months as medical professionals sought to care for the rare genetic condition.

Time is apparently up as far as the European health care and court system is concerned. The Great Ormond Street Hospital where little Charlie has been cared for recently received permission to turn off the life support, against the parent's wishes, as the child's condition continues to worsen. And people wonder what's wrong with socialized medicine. When fighting for a life becomes a dollars and cents decision, the individual's ability to battle is weighed against the government's purse. I guess the one thing you will find out with socialized medicine is exactly how much you're worth down to the last penny, at least in the government's eyes,

But what puzzles me is why there is such resistance against the child receiving medical care offered in America. Apparently the U.S. has one of two hospitals which have stepped up and offered to use an experimental treatment on young Charlie which they feel might offer him a slight chance of survival. Although the chance is slight, the parents Chris Gard and Connie Yates, are desperate to try anything at this point to give Charlie a fighting change.

Pope Francis and President Trump are both offering support of prayers and care for the young man as opposed to just writing him off. If there's a chance, even the slightest, for this child to survive and for those parents not to have to bury their son, then it should be explored.

So the question remains, if Charlie can be safely transported and there are entities interested in making it happen, why is the English medical community so opposed. Is it stubbornness? Is it a statement that impacts their system? Is it ego? Or is it just the culture of death we live in today sees so little value in human life that it's just not worth the time, effort and monetary investment? Is there a price tag on a life? And if so what determines that price tag?

Charlie deserves every opportunity to live. To fight. To receive care. His parents have the right to try and save their son.

If you disagree, I guess you just need ask yourself, if Christ was standing before you and you had to explain your feelings about the fate of this child, how would he feel about the justification behind your feelings?

Until the young boy passes I will continue to pray for his life and healing and every bit as important, that his life be regarded as something worth fighting for until the last resource is exhausted. But ultimately, it's in God's hands.

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