Archie Battersbee: Supreme Court refuses to intervene in Life-Support battle for Brain-Damaged Boy. The Case to European Courts

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UPDATE ON JULY, 29, 2022

The parents of brain-damaged 12-year-old Archie Battersbee have failed to persuade the Supreme Court to intervene in his life-support treatment battle.The boy’s mother and father, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, had asked Supreme Court justices to give them more time to carry on their fight, possibly taking it to the UN.

But the judges’ decision means the hospital trust can now legally withdraw his medical treatment at any time. Following the decision, his mother told Sky News: “I think that this country has let Archie down miserably.”

She said there are “so many options” abroad for her son, adding: “Why is this country so determined not to give my child any time heal?” And she further added her trust in the hospital is now so low that she’s on “literally 24-hour watch”, adding: “It should be me and Paul’s decision, nobody else’s.”

The family’s lawyer has told Sky News Archie’s parents still plan to try to take the case to the UN or the European courts.

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ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON JULY, 26, 2022

The family of Archie Battersbee, a 12-year-old English boy who sustained “catastrophic brain-damage” while participating in a devious online “challenge,” has lost a second appeal. After three times through the UK courts, judges have decided that it is in Archie’s best interest to be removed from life support. Now, Archie’s mother, Hollie Dance, is exploring the option of taking the case to the European Court of Human Rights in France.

The final appeal in English courts opened with a dramatic start as Archie’s father, Paul Battersbee, was rushed to the hospital with a medical emergency. BBC notes that it is unclear whether Paul suffered from a heart attack or a stroke. The family sought to delay the ruling due to this emergency, but the court claimed it was in Archie’s best interests to proceed on schedule.

Dance called the decision to proceed while Archie’s father was in crisis “insensitive.”

After the court decided to continue the appeal without Archie’s father present, Archie’s legal team attempted to convince the court to adjourn the ruling based on new evidence. They attest that they have video which shows Archie attempting to breath on his own, taken within the last few days. This motion was denied by the court, and then the panel of three judges refused to overturn the previous appeal’s decision. 

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It is the final ruling of the U.K. court that Archie has shown “no signs of life” and his “every bodily function is now maintained by artificial means.” With this decision, Archie’s life support can be legally removed. The court did, however, order a 48-hour delay to the action, to allow the family time to seek an appeal through the European Court of Human Rights.