There are always people who will jump at a media sensation. But compared to this one kid more kids die in America every year as a result of maternal health problems (untreated) and lack of access to care by a large measure than there are repeats of Charlie in Britain.
How many cases of kids dying in Great Britain due to
"maternal health problems (untreated) and lack of access to care" are there? I think that would be a more apt comparison than comparing Charlie Gard to American cases of untreated maternal health problems. I think you're conflating issues here.
OK, it may be difficult to extrapolate healthcare deficiencies from one example, but the point of principle remains, why shouldn't the parents of a child have every opportunity they can grab at to help their baby? Forget the "media sensation" aspect of this, the Gard family were still human beings, and their human rights ought to have been respected.
Charlie Gard's case may have indeed been hopeless, though atleast one American doctor did believe he could treat the child. Unless you're a doctor, very familiar with the malady Charlie had, it's sorta hard to second guess the doctor's opinion. Sure, British doctors may have had a different opinion but were they familiar enough with the American doctor's proposed treatment to have an acurate assessment of the proposed treatment?
If you're a fair person you will admit you cannot really answer most tof these questions. I don't propose them because I have answers, I merely believe it was within the
parents' rights to determine how far they should have gone in helping their baby, not the British courts' rights or the British Healthcare system.
