Because Alfie is basically a vegetable at this point, and has been for some time.
All this fighting in courts has done is prolong a child's suffering for something that can't be fixed. And no, there is no "maybe" or "small chance". His brain is effectively dead, and unless some medical marvel has occurred in the last day or so we can't change that fact.
Alfie has simply had a life of suffering and forcing him through more of it on a hope that does not exist just because the parents can't let go is not something we should happily allow.
Yes, I get it is hard for the parents, but they are not being objective in the matter (primarily because it IS their child) but just because they are Alfie's parents doesn't mean we should allow them to effectively torture a baby because they don't want to let him go.
There could be a cure sometime in the next ten years, in which case, the child would still be at most 12 years old.
Cure for what? Are they going to regrow his brain, do you think? ---
