Professor Mark L. Rienzi of The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law (Catholic Law) had an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal. The piece looks at the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) and its use of the courts to impose its decisions on the "wellbeing" of the citizens of the U.K. through the lens of 8-month-old Indi Gregory. Rienzi is the president and CEO of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and co-director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Catholic Law.

Wall Street Journal
Date: November 20, 2023
By: Mark Rienzi
Britain’s NHS Left Indi Gregory to Die

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That’s what the U.K.’s National Health Service promises its patients. Tragically, a growing number of cases show the NHS doing the opposite: taking away control and ensuring its patients die.

The latest example is 8-month-old Indi Gregory, who died on Nov. 13. Indi was born with mitochondrial disease, a degenerative condition that prevents cells from producing energy. When her parents and the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, England, disagreed over whether she should be kept on life support, the NHS turned to the courts to strip the parents of decision-making authority. The U.K. High Court agreed, overrode the parents’ wishes, and ordered life support removed.
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Click here to view the op-ed in the Wall Street Journal.