Court refuses appeal to keep Archie Battersbee's life support on
Announcing the court's refusal to hear the appeal earlier, the judges said: "The justices have great sympathy with the plight of Archie's devoted parents who face a circumstance that is every parent's nightmare - the loss of a much-loved child.
"It was against that background that Mr Justice Hayden held that it would not be lawful to continue life-sustaining treatment." Speaking after the noon deadline to switch off Archie's life-support was pushed back yesterday, Archie's"He's showing very different signs to what the clinicians are actually putting over to the courts.She added: "We are having to battle over every decision with the hospital."We do not understand what the rush is and why all of our wishes are being denied."
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