Would baby Charlie have gotten his death sentence were he not a white boy? It may seem an odd question, but there's a good reason to pose it.
The poor child at issue is Charlie Gard, a British infant thus far denied medical treatment by the U.K. government--even though his parents can pay for it themselves. So much for death panels being a myth.
Charlie has a serious genetic condition called mitochondrial depletion syndrome, which causes progressive muscle weakness and brain damage. The details of it aren't important here, however. What's significant is that the boy's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, have raised $1.7 million via crowd-funding and can pay for travel and treatment themselves; this would allow them to bring Charlie to the U.S. for a novel therapy offered by a Dr. Michio Hirano.
