Del. Srinivasan shuts out parental rights
Dear Editor:
Delegate Kannan Srinivasan (HD-26, Brambleton to South Riding area) voted against a bill (HB 480) that would have protected parental rights in medical decisions regarding their children.
Specifically, Srinivasan voted against the right of a parent to provide consent before a doctor withdraws life-sustaining treatment or places a Do Not Resuscitate order in a child’s medical record.
Children are a gift from God to parents. Our legislators should do everything they can to protect the rights of parents to make medical decisions for their children, especially in times of crisis.
Instead, Srinivasan voted to shut out parents from the most serious medical decisions involving their children. The bill Srinivasan voted against would also have prevented doctors from hindering or delaying a parent’s right to get a second opinion or to transfer their child to another medical facility.
Some politicians support parent’s rights. Some politicians always seem to be against them. First, they tell us that parents should stay out of matters regarding the education of our children. Now, they tell us that parents should stay out of the most serious matters regarding the health of our children.
If a politician can’t support parents in the upbringing of our children, they don’t deserve to be our representative.
Amy Richards
Sterling
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I have a good friend whose grandchild has a genetic problem that prevents him from breathing on his own. Although doctors suggested he be left to die at birth the parents now enjoy a difficult time attending to their joy at his 6th year birthday. If doctors are allowed to force such decisions then any elected official worth the role should at least insist the doctor publish and document the medical justification for the decision and therefore let the legal malpractice community have their fun if it was done improperly!