Madly overzealous UK thugs had the King family arrested in Spain for taking their sick child out of a hospital, hoping to give him a different treatment elsewhere.

It appears doctors disagree about whether the proton beam treatment they hope to give Ashya King might help him. (See the end of the article.) In any case, the hospital he was in had given up hope for saving him, so there was nothing to lose by trying another treatment except what it would cost.

The hospitals that say the proton beam treatment is better might have been exaggerating to get business. Or it might be true.

Whether it is true or not, whether it saves Ashya King or not, it is clear that his parents were acting responsibly to try to care for him. The accusations of neglect, used to get them arrested in Spain, are impossible to justify.

It appears that the European arrest warrant was issued without a valid legal basis.