Twelve-year-old has been in a comatose state since suffering brain damage three months ago
Doctors can lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to 12-year-old
Archie Battersbee, who is in a comatose state after suffering “catastrophic” brain damage three months ago, appeal judges have ruled.
Judges had been asked to postpone the ruling but refused. A lawyer representing Archie’s parents said his mother, Hollie Dance, thought her son had been trying to breathe independently.