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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

BIZARRE: Archie battersbee how third parties can further complicate tragic life support cases - What They Never Told You

Archie Battersbee
12-year-old boy Archie Battersbee was left in a comatose state after suffering brain damage. Applications from his parents to continue his life support treatment were rejected by the courts. Photograph: Hollie Dance/PA

Archie Battersbee joins a list of tragic cases of children in which the courts have been called to take the grave decision on whether life support treatment should be withdrawn.

Having a child suffer an injury that leaves them attached to a machine and a shadow of the lively child they were previously is every parent’s worst nightmare. As a result, cases such as Charlie Gard, Alfie Evans, Isaiah Haastrup, Tafida Raqeeb and Alta Fixler have struck a chord with the public.

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