A last-chance appeal by Archie Battersbee’s parents to prolong their son’s life support has been refused.
Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee submitted an application to the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday morning, just a few hours before Barts Health NHS Trust had been expected to withdraw Archie’s life support. But the Court announced on Wednesday evening that it had rejected their request.
A statement from the Court explained that it would not “interfere with the decisions of the national courts to allow the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from (Archie) to proceed”. The news comes after a judge ruled on Monday during an emergency Court of Appeal meeting that the 12-year-old’s life support could be turned off.
