Treatment of the brain-dead British boy Archie Battersbee will be stopped on Wednesday morning. This let the parents know to British media. The family lost the final battle in a long and high-profile legal battle over prolonging the life of their 12-year-old child.
The mother had to admit that she “can’t take him home, can’t do anything.” She also stressed that she thinks it’s wrong for “other people” to decide “where to take his last breath and whether he lives or dies.”
Archie’s family wanted to prevent doctors from taking him off the ventilator. He has been in a coma since April. The parents already went to the highest court in the country on Monday, and again on Monday. The parents hoped that the chief justices would overturn a ruling by a lower court that had ordered the child’s treatment to be stopped.
According to the hospital, Archie’s prospects are “nil”. He was seriously injured when, according to his mother, he supposedly participated in an online challenge, in which participants deliberately try to become unconscious. According to the parents, their son is making good progress.