Wed Sep 6, 2023 – 4:59 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A court order restricting reporting of the case of a United Kingdom teenager facing the removal of medical life support is also hindering her access to experimental treatments – and information from parents in the U.S. and Canada whose children have used them.
As LifeSiteNews reported on August 31, the 19-year-old, who is anonymized by court order as “ST,” suffers from a rare mitochondrial condition for which no treatment is offered in the United Kingdom. Mrs. Justice Roberts’ August 25 ruling on the case of “ST” in the U.K. Court of Protection, whose last hearing was July 26, placed a reporting restriction order on the proceedings that prevents the parents as well as “ST” from being named.
The court’s ruling explains that the parents are desperately seeking to have the order repealed so they can better source help for their daughter:
On ST’s behalf her parents have issued an application whereby they seek to have the existing reporting restrictions lifted in order that they can publicize their daughter’s situation in order to raise money for her treatment.
In addition to the current order restricting
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