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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Farmer

Archie Battersbee’s parents set to take treatment fight to European court

PA Media

The parents of a 12-year-old boy left in a comatose state after suffering brain damage aim to ask judges at the European Court of Human Rights to intervene after losing the latest round of a treatment fight in London, a lawyer says.

Three Court of Appeal judges on Monday upheld a ruling by a High Court judge who had decided that doctors could lawfully stop treating Archie Battersbee.

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