#Dying and coming back to life series#

Trump, when he was president, offered help from the United States for the 11-month-old Charlie.Įxperts said that such painful dilemmas reflected a shift from when doctors made the final call, with the decisions seen as not just medical but also ethical. Pope Francis weighed in on both of those cases, and Donald J. In recent years, similar high-profile cases have emerged, such as those of Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans. In Britain, when parents and doctors disagree about what is in the best interest of a child, a court is called on to decide. Dance had called the decision by the doctors to schedule a time at which is life support would be pulled a “choreographed execution of my son.” She asked why parents “have their decisions and their rights taken away.”

Doctors at the hospital refused because of the risks attached to moving him, saying that they would most likely bring a “premature deterioration,” and the family’s legal efforts to overturn the decision were also turned down. On Wednesday night, after unsuccessful appeals to three different courts in a week, the family asked for Archie to be transferred to a hospice.

#Dying and coming back to life series#

In a series of decisions, judges found that Archie had suffered severe brain damage and that the burdens of treating his condition “along with the total lack of a prospect of recovery” outweighed the benefits of continuing to keep him alive on a ventilator.Īrchie’s family appealed the rulings, saying that they wanted to let him die at a time “chosen by God.” They argued that because of his Christian beliefs and of thoughts he had expressed in the past, Archie’s intention would have been to continue on life support. Dance, speaking to reporters outside the Royal London Hospital, where Archie was being treated.

“Can I just say I’m the proudest mum in the world - such a beautiful little boy, and he fought right until the very end,” said Ms. His mother, Hollie Dance, has said that he might have been taking part in an online challenge. LONDON - Archie Battersbee, a 12-year-old British boy whose life support was withdrawn after a legal battle between his parents and his doctors, died on Saturday, bringing to an end another wrenching case over who makes life and death decisions for a seriously ill child.Īrchie had been in a deep coma since his mother found him unconscious at their home in Essex, in southeastern England, on April 7, with something tied around his neck.