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We are deeply concerned and outraged by the treatment and care offered to Alfie Evans. Wanting to withdraw treatment so that he will die, the medical authorities have taken Alfie to the High Court. At that point, and as a result of the hospital’s court action, the parents were stripped of their right to be decision makers for their beloved child. They could only advise the Court and look on as the High Court made decisions for Alfie. The High Court decided that it was in the “Best Interests “ of Alfie to die and duly authorized the withdrawal of...

An air ambulance has arrived outside the hospital where little Alfie Evans is located. Alfie has breathed on his own and has survived for over 18 hours after the Children’s Hospital yanked his life support. Alfie has defied doctors’ expectations to this point and his parents are headed back to court to fight for his life further. They are hoping to be able to get life support restored and also want to be able to take him to Italy, which granted him citizenship yesterday. Unfortunately that citizenship did not matter to Justice Hayden yesterday, who allowed Alder Hey Children’s Hospital...

Little Alfie Evans has survived for more than 15 hours after the Children’s Hospital where he is located yanked his life support. Evans has defied predictions of doctors who claimed that he would die just minutes or hours after his life support was removed. After Alder Hey Children’s Hospital pulled out his life support, his family was immediately worried about his oxygen levels and the hospital refused to allow Alfie oxygen. Alfie’s fingers began to turn blue but then his parents administer mouth-to-mouth and his body seemed to recover. Twelve hours after life support was pulled, Alfie’s family wrote: “Our...

Hundreds of members of Alfie’s Army have lined up outside the children’s hospital in Liverpool to protest against the decision to end end his life support. After blocking the road into the Liverpool hospital for 15 minutes, shock footage showed supporters trying to break through a police line into the hospital. Cops had to hold back demonstrators. Dozens had ran towards the main doors before police officers stationed inside and out strung across the entrance blocking the way. After a short stand off the crowd retreated to gather around 100 yards away on the road outside, chanting, "Save Alfie Evans".

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FULL TITLE: European Court of Human Rights Refuses to Help Alfie Evans, Allows Hospital to Yank His Life Support In what could be the final court decision related to this very controversial battle, the European Court of Human Rights has refused to help little Alfie Evans. The result of its decision is allowing a children’s hospital to yank his life support without his parents’ consent. The decision of the European Court of Human Rights essentially means that a judge’s decision allowing Alder Hey Children’s Hospital to remove Alfie’s life support over his parents’ wishes will move forward — potentially as...

After meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican, Alfie Evans’ father says the Vatican hospital is “ready to take Alfie immediately” and provide the care and treatment Alder Hey Children’s Hospital refuses to provide. Tom Evans, 21, and Kate James, 20, have fought an extended legal battle with the children’s hospital to get it to allow them permission to take Alfie to the Bambino Gesú hospital in Rome. But Alder Hey hospital says it’s in Alfie’s best interests to pull his life support, potentially killing him. Last night Tom Evans posted on the Alfie Army Facebook page to describe his time...

The parents of little Alfie Evans are headed back to a European Court in a desperate attempt to save his life. Today the British Supreme Court denied their effort to stop the revocation of his life support, which would probably end his life. The Supreme Court in the United Kingdom today decided that Alder Hey Children’s Hospital can be allowed to proceed with its decision to yank Alfie’s life support without their consent. Alfie’s parents had relied on a habeas corpus bid to get the court to agree with them that they have the right to withdraw Alfie from the...

FULL TITLE: Alfie Evans’ Parents Lose Supreme Court Case, Judge Says Hospital Can Yank Life Support Without Their Consent The parents of little Alfie Evans have lost what may be their last ditch attempt to spare his life. The Supreme Court in the United Kingdom today decided that Alder Hey Children’s Hospital can be allowed to proceed with its decision to yank Alfie’s life support without their consent. Alfie’s parents had relied on a habeas corpus bid to get the court to agree with them that they have the right to withdraw Alfie from the hospital since they are his...

The parents of 23-month-old Alfie Evans have lost their latest legal battle as Catholic bishops in the UK refused to back their case to have the baby taken to the Vatican-run Bambino Gesu hospital in Rome.The Supreme Court rejected the parents argument that Alfie, who is terminally ill, was being unlawfully detained at Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool. They also denied their right to appeal, meaning doctors can go ahead and withdraw Alfie's life support.Tom Evans, 21, met Pope Francis on Wednesday and begged him to support his case 'The unanimous opinion of doctors examining him and the scans of...

The parents of terminally ill toddler Alfie Evans have lost their latest legal battle. Tom Evans and Kate James asked Court of Appeal judges to rule that the 23-month-old should be allowed to receive treatment in Italy. Earlier Alder Hey Children's Hospital urged protesters supporting the parents to show respect. Police are investigating "acts of intimidation" among hospital protesters. Ch Insp Chris Gibson said officers recognised the sensitivities involved: "Whilst many people have gathered to protest in a peaceful way, Merseyside Police is now investigating a small number of reports, some of which originate from social media, as well as...

Liverpool, England, Apr 14, 2018 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Amid a tense battle over medical care for gravely ill toddler Alfie Evans, hundreds of protestors crowded outside Alder Hey Children's Hospital this week in support of the child and his parents. Evans, who is 23 months, suffers from an unidentified degenerative neurological condition, has been under continuous hospitalization since December 2016. His parents wish for him to continue receiving care and to take him to the Bambino Gesu hospital in Rome, but officials at Alder Hey have gone to court to argue that continuing treatment is not in his...

FULL TITLE: TOT'S BATTLE Who is Alfie Evans, what do we know about his mystery illness and who are his parents Tom Evans and Kate James? The toddler's parents have been engaged in a passionate battle to keep their boy alive ALFIE Evans has been at the centre of a life support battle between his parents, health officials and the British justice system for several months. Courts have ruled the boy's machine should be switched off, but his parents - and the Pope - have passionately disagreed. Here's what you need to know about the heartbreaking case. Who is Alfie...

The battle over the life of Alfie Evans has taken a turn for the worst in the UK. Yesterday, Alfie’s parents relied on a letter from a pro-life attorney saying they have the legal right to withdraw Alfie from the hospital. However police blocked them from getting Alfie and leaving. Today Alfie’s parents, via their media coordinator, indicated that courts have seized custody of Alfie and made him a ward of the state. “We are outraged that in further legally indefensible steps during the night, the hospital obtained a faxed order making Alfie a ward of the court, removing parental...

FULL TITLE: Alfie Evans’ Parents Appeal Judge’s Ruling That Hospital Can Shut Off His Life Support Without Their Consent As NRL News Today reported on Tuesday, the ventilator keeping grievously ill Alfie Evans alive could be turned off as early as Friday. However in an impromptu press conference outside the Queens Building in the Royal Courts of Justice in London, his father, Tom Evans, said the battle “isn’t over, this is just the start” moments after Mr. Justice Hayden ruled in favor of Alder Hey Hospital which wishes to turn Alfie’s ventilator off. But an eleventh-hour legal appeal would be...

Assisted suicide is the ultimate slippery slope. Time and time again, proponents use heart-wrenching stories of people suffering through pain and anguish as they endure incurable or terminal illnesses, and use these as examples of why we need, as they call it, “death with dignity.” But leaving aside the awful notion of suicide being more dignified than dying a natural death, this never remains the line when it comes to assisted suicide. The parameters get changed and stretched, and the line gets moved further and further. Now, healthy people are being euthanized… solely because of mental illness. In the Netherlands,...

FULL TITLE: 9-month-old boy undergoing aggressive chemotherapy for a brain tumor is REJECTED coverage by insurance company who claims his treatment is 'unnecessary' An infant child suffering a rare brain tumor was rejected coverage after his insurance company deemed the treatment process to be 'experimental' and 'not medically necessary' in nature. The agency, HIP Health Plan of New York, addressed a letter to 9-month-old baby Connor, who was diagnosed with a teratoid rhabdoid - a tumor that affects the central nervous system and holds a low survival rate in children. After receiving the letter, baby Connor's heart-stricken father, Wayen Richardson,...

LYON, France, October 2, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — No human being is ever a “vegetable,” but the phrase “Permanent Vegetative State” certainly described “Jack.” If someone falls into a “Persistent Vegetative State” (PVS), being completely unaware and unresponsive for a whole year, their condition is diagnosed as permanent.   Colloquially speaking, Jack (a pseudonym) looked awake, but he “wasn’t there.” Now, French doctors have shattered that medical conviction by reviving the 35-year-old man who spent 15 unresponsive years after a severe car accident. Doctors implanted a device to stimulate Jack’s vagus nerve, the longest of the involuntary nerves that runs...

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FULL TITLE: Charlie Gard’s Parents Receive Hate Emails: You’re “Selfish Frauds” Who “Don’t Give a S— About Charlie” Connie Yates and Chris Gard just wanted to give their son, Charlie, a chance at life. For months, they have been battling for the right to take their son to the United States for an experimental treatment and only gave up earlier this week when medical experts said their no longer is any hope for Charlie. Possibly at their lowest moment yet, the British family said they are receiving hate mail criticizing them for fighting for their son, The Sun reports. One...