In UK Parents of Sick Toddler Loses Court Appeal

In UK parents of sick toddler Alfie Evans lose court appeal. Britain's Court of Appeal rejected a new bid by the parents of Alfie to take him to Italy and continue his life support against the wishes of his doctors on Wednesday. Alfie suffers from degenerative neurological condition that has left him with almost no brain function. Doctors at Children's Hospital in Liverpool have said he will not get any better so the life support was withdrawn after court rulings sided with the doctors and blocked further medical treatment. His parents arranged for him to be transferred to Italy to be cared for at the Vatican's children's hospital but the court wont allow them to take him there. The hospital in Italy has already said they are willing to take him but the court wont allow it. His father says he has continued to survived even after life support was withdrawn. Under British law it is very common for courts to intervene when parents and doctors disagree on the treatment of the child. The rights of the child take primacy over the parents right to decide what is best for their child. I honestly can not believe that the court is stopping these parents from seeking treatment for their son. It should be the parents choice not the courts.

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