Different judge just taking a different approach seems the most likely to me; but two other differences could be relevant: the judge seemed to take into account that the child had shown some kind of personal affiliation with her faith (to the extent that 4 year olds do), and gave that some weight in addition to weight of the parents' bel…
Different judge just taking a different approach seems the most likely to me; but two other differences could be relevant: the judge seemed to take into account that the child had shown some kind of personal affiliation with her faith (to the extent that 4 year olds do), and gave that some weight in addition to weight of the parents' belief; and that the relevant religious ruling seems more black and white (can't remove life sustaining equipment for any reason) than Catholic teaching would be (which, as I understand it, would allow the removal of life sustaining "extraordinary measures" if they are causing disproportionate harm to benefit)
Different judge just taking a different approach seems the most likely to me; but two other differences could be relevant: the judge seemed to take into account that the child had shown some kind of personal affiliation with her faith (to the extent that 4 year olds do), and gave that some weight in addition to weight of the parents' belief; and that the relevant religious ruling seems more black and white (can't remove life sustaining equipment for any reason) than Catholic teaching would be (which, as I understand it, would allow the removal of life sustaining "extraordinary measures" if they are causing disproportionate harm to benefit)