Sat Sep 17, 2022 – 1:29 pm EDT
Help Baby A’s court battle to maintain life-support: LifeFunder
(LifeSiteNews) – The U.K. Court of Appeal has intervened in the case of a baby who started to breathe weeks after being diagnosed “brain stem dead” by doctors at a London hospital, challenging a previous High Court ruling which allowed the hospital to remove life support from the infant against the parents’ wishes.
The parents of the child, a 5-month-old boy known only as Baby A due to court reporting restrictions, are now engaged in a fierce court battle for his life, opposing the argument of both the hospital and the High Court that it is in their son’s “best interests” to be removed from mechanical ventilation, an act which could lead directly to his death.
However, despite multiple attempts, the parents have been unable to secure appropriate legal representation.
After High Court judge Justice Hayden ruled last month that medical staff at the Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust could remove life support from the baby, denying a request for adjournment, the parents submitted a desperate plea to the Court of Appeal on the grounds that, having had
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