Archie Battersbee: mother appeals to health secretary to continue life support

The mother of a 12-year-old boy left in a comatose state after suffering brain damage has written an urgent appeal to the government, with support treatment understood to be ending on Monday afternoon.

“Archie is entitled to have the decisions about his life and death, taken by the NHS and UK courts, to be scrutinised by an international human rights body. Hastening his death to prevent that would be completely unacceptable. Dance and Paul Battersbee, Archie’s parents, who are separated and both live in Southend, Essex, failed to persuade court of appeal judges to overturn that ruling and supreme court justices have refused to intervene.They have asked the United Nations to intervene in a “last-ditch” application.

The family said stopping treatment would be in breach of the UK’s obligations under international human rights law.

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