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Archie Battersbee: 12-year-old boy dies hours after hospital ends life support against parents' wishes
Fox News ^ | August 7th, 2022 | Lawrence Richard

Posted on 08/07/2022 6:43:12 AM PDT by beaversmom

A 12-year-old boy who was comatose in the United Kingdom has died after a lengthy legal battle ended with the determination that doctors could remove him from life support. Archie Battersbee, 12, died at a London hospital around noon on Saturday, about two hours after doctors discontinued treating him. Young Archie has been in a coma since April 7, when he was initially found unconscious in the family’s home. Ella Carter, the fiancée of Archie's eldest brother, Tom, said the family watched the boy’s final moments. "He went completely blue,'' she said. "There is absolutely nothing dignified about watching a family member or a child suffocate. No family should ever have to go through what we’ve been through. It’s barbaric."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
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To: beaversmom

This is at least the third known case where the NHS has done this to a young boy against his parent’s wishes. They’re not healhte workers, they’re killers. Eager, gleeful ones.


41 posted on 08/07/2022 12:01:41 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: TBP

What is your definition of death?


42 posted on 08/07/2022 12:54:37 PM PDT by kaila
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To: beaversmom

Sad. RIP.


43 posted on 08/07/2022 4:54:51 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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