Archie Battersbee's life support to be turned off tomorrow
In his ruling, Mr Justice Hayden said the treatment "compromises his dignity" and "deprives him of his autonomy".Hollie and Paul have failed to persuade Court of Appeal judges to overturn the ruling and the Supreme Court will not intervene.
The parents had begged the committee to intervene - but the UN made clear the request "does not imply that any decision has been reached".She said: "If this happens, this will be an extraordinary cruelty, and a flagrant breach of Archie's rights as a disabled person. "I trust that you will now act immediately, as a member of the Government responsible for the NHS, to ensure that this does not happen, and our country honours its obligations under the international human rights treaties which we have signed and ratified."a video of Archie which she says proves he could breatheShe begged medics to give the schoolboy a chance to recover and says she knows with her "mother's instinct" that he is still alive.
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