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Archie’s life support may end today

Archie’s life support may end today

Parents’ last hope is to ask Supreme Court for permission to appeal

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Joshua Rozenberg
Aug 02, 2022
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Doctors will prepare to withdraw life-sustaining treatment from Archie Battersbee this afternoon unless directed otherwise by the UK Supreme Court.

Yesterday, the Court of Appeal refused an application to suspend an earlier ruling that continuing his treatment would be futile and unlawful. Mr Justice Hayden said on 15 July that the treatment “serves only…

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