Haleigh Poutre

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The findings support NewNE.net's call to the Massachusetts legislature to no longer allow that judicial decsions to remove life support are kept a secret from the public. As we wrote earlier

We ask the legislature to carefully consider and act upon the opinion of two SJC judges (Spina and Cowin) who state: "(There is a) need for assurance that those seeking to terminate life in fact have the best interests of the child at heart and that the child's best interests are being served. The public is entitled to know that those seeking the orders are not trying to conceal foul play, or that the expense of maintaining life is not driving the request... the best way to ensure that those involved in the petition are in fact working toward the best interests of the child is to open the hearing to public scrutiny."