Charlie Gard, center of international court battle, dies in hospice care

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Charlie Gard, the baby at the centre of a legal row over his treatment, has died, a family spokesman has confirmed. The 11-month-old was moved to a hospice following a High Court ruling. He suffered from an extremely rare genetic condition causing progressive brain damage and muscle weakness.

His parents, Connie Yates and Chris Gard, fought a lengthy legal battle with Great Ormond Street Hospital to allow him to be taken to the US for legal treatment. But on Monday they dropped their legal battle after the doctor said it was too late for it to work. In a statement issued on Friday evening, Ms Yates said: "Our beautiful little boy has gone, we are so proud of you Charlie."

On Thursday, she said the couple had been denied their "final wish" to have more time with him after a High Court judge ruled that he would be moved to a hospice and have his life support withdrawn soon after. The couple had wanted to take their son to the US for nucleoside bypass therapy, but specialists at GOSH said the treatment was experimental and that Charlie had irreversible brain damage.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-40752120

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[Master Matthew²]

Why did the UK shoot themselves in the foot like this?
Seems like they could have earned some moral points if they had just did it.

[Planr]

Fine socialist healthcare at work.

[IkeTheGeneric]

Fine socialist healthcare at work.

You know, I almost expected partisan hacks to use tragedies like this as a foot to stand on to shill healtcare. Doesn't make it less scummy though :y

[DrenDran]

Why was the baby given any care at all?

It's literally not a thinking feeling human bean at that point so why not just throw it away when it stops working right?

[Snaked_Snake]

I'm pretty sure Euthanasia is illegal here, this shouldn't have been allowed because of that.

[Doughboy]

Why did the UK shoot themselves in the foot like this?
Seems like they could have earned some moral points if they had just did it.

i've read that the experimental treatment hadn't been trialed on mice
i'd think experimenting on a baby loses some moral points

[Conan]

Why was the baby given any care at all?

It's literally not a thinking feeling human bean at that point so why not just throw it away when it stops working right?

if i didnt know better id call this bait

[IkeTheGeneric]

i've read that the experimental treatment hadn't been trialed on mice
i'd think experimenting on a baby loses some moral points

Yeah, everything I read pointed to it being a futile case regardless of what they did. The experimental treatment could have done something though, which is why the whole legal shebang was completely unnecessary.

[DrenDran]

if i didnt know better id call this bait

Seriously?

I'm not joking here.

It's an 11 month old with severe brain damage. It does not have feelings, emotions, or thoughts in any capacity. It's not more immoral to kill it than to get a late-term abortion. It cannot feel pain.

[Drydess]

Why was the baby given any care at all?

It's literally not a thinking feeling human bean at that point so why not just throw it away when it stops working right?

Seriously?

I'm not joking here.

It's an 11 month old with severe brain damage. It does not have feelings, emotions, or thoughts in any capacity. It's not more immoral to kill it than to get a late-term abortion. It cannot feel pain.

logically you're right but human emotions are a thing

[DrenDran]

logically you're right but human emotions are a thing

Not for the baby lol

[Drydess]

Not for the baby lol

you're the new sherlock holmes

[Red Spy]

"let's just let this baby die here even though the parents don't want to and there could be some treatment in the us"

good job eu

[Rally]

< socialists would rather murder a baby than admit American healthcare could cure it

muh moral high ground