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By Dave Andrusko It is now, tragically, official. "It is not in Charlie's best interests for artificial ventilation to continue to be provided to him and it is therefore lawful and in his best interests for it to be withdrawn," Justice Nicholas Francis ruled today. In...
By Dave Andrusko A few days ago, Connie Yates, mother of little Charlie Gard, described their situation as a “living hell.” Reading minute by minute coverage of today’s hearing before Justice Nicholas Francis, you can only assume she and Charlie’s dad, Chris Gard, are...
By Dave Andrusko “The question of stopping Charlie’s life support was a value judgment, not a medical determination. The doctors didn’t insist on stopping treatment because it was not working, but because it was.” -- Wesley Smith I read this statement yesterday as...
By Katie Yoder When it comes to the value of life, the networks are prioritizing a baby animal above a baby human – down to the very minute. During Tuesday morning’s news shows, the three broadcast networks combined spent more time on a 3-month-old orca’s death than...
'The parents had hoped that Great Ormond Street would work with them,’ their lawyer says By Dave Andrusko Frankly, if I had not closely followed the way the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London had treated the parents of little Charlie Gard, I would not have...
By Nancy Valko Yesterday, we learned that Baby Charlie Gard is expected to die soon as his heartbroken parents have decided to remove his life support because a US doctor had told them it was now too late to give Charlie nucleoside therapy. According to a BBC article,...
By Dave Andrusko “GetReligion” is an extremely helpful source that describes itself as “a national and global journalism site focusing on how the mainstream press covers religion news in politics, entertainment, business and sports.” It does many, many things well,...
By Wesley J. Smith The American specialist finally allowed by the courts–after four months of cruel obstinacy–to examine Charlie Gard apparently concluded that the baby is now beyond his help. As a result, Chris and Connie, Charlie’s loving parents, have decided to...
“We are sorry we could not save you,” Connie says Tells court delay meant the chance of treatment working was lost By Dave Andrusko The lawyer for Connie Yates and Chris Gard said this morning that the case of their desperately ill son Charlie was “worthy of a Greek...
By Dave Andrusko We posted earlier today the sad, sad news that based on the most recent MRI scan, Connie Yates and Chris Gard concluded that their precious baby Charlie’s condition had so deteriorated they believed it was time “to let our son go.” But if you read...