Fri Oct 6, 2023 – 12:45 pm EDTFri Oct 6, 2023 – 12:53 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A UK judge has ruled that a young woman who is dying from anorexia can be sent home from the hospital and not be fed through a tube.
The 24-year-old woman, known only as “Patricia,” has been granted legal permission to refuse lifesaving artificial nutrition. A long-term anorexic, she has been described as being “days or even hours” from death.
The decision, reported on October 5, arose from a judgment in the Court of Protection. The court was approached by the NHS trust treating Patricia to ensure that they should respect her alleged wish to end her life.
Patricia’s parents condemned the court’s ruling, telling the Daily Telegraph that they are “absolutely appalled” by it.
“[The judge, Mr. Justice Moor, has] sentenced someone who desperately wants to live to what we fear will be a hideous death,” they said.
Despite Patricia having signed an “advanced directive” last year, which allows her to refuse a feeding tube, her family maintain not only that she is too sick to be capable of making a rational judgment but that she has asked for help on
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