Cases like Archie Battersbee’s rely on complex ethical decisions. This is how they’re made | Mehrunisha Suleman

Cases like Archie Battersbee’s rely on complex ethical decisions. This is how they’re made | Mehrunisha Suleman UK courts have once again had to rule on an incredibly fraught case about the withdrawal of life support from a child: 12-year-old Archie Battersbee was found in an unconscious state by his mother on 7 April this year and never regained consciousness. The clinical team at Barts Health NHS trust viewed that it would not be in Archie’s best interests for him to continue to receive medical intervention. Archie’s parents disagreed, and sought the court’s support to have medical intervention continued. The court of appeal has ruled that it is legal for the medical team to withdraw his life support, and the supreme court has dismissed the family’s final appeal. The Guardian

See also:

• Archie Battersbee: Who decides when life support ends? BBC News
• Archie Battersbee: Family loses appeal to Supreme Court BBC News
• Archie Battersbee: Parents to take case to European Court of Human Rights BBC News
• Archie Battersbee: how third parties can further complicate tragic life support cases The Guardian
• Archie Battersbee’s life support ‘ending at 11am’ after Supreme Court appeal fails The Independent
• Archie Battersbee's family want to take Southend youngster to hospice for 'last couple of days' ITV News
• Archie Battersbee's family in fresh bid to delay withdrawal of life support Sky News