By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. As we were about to post this story, several outlets updated what transpired today in the courtroom of Justice Nicholas Francis. Without first showing the results to Charlie’s parents, Katie Gollop, the lawyer for the hospital,...
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Only NBC Reports Efforts to Grant Charlie Gard U.S. Permanent Residency
By Katie Yoder While the three broadcast networks have resumed coverage of British infant Charlie Gard, their reporting is lacking: only NBC has covered the recent efforts to grant Charlie and his parents permanent residency in the United States. And while ABC (unlike...
Why is Baby Charlie Gard’s Government-appointed Guardian a Euthanasia Activist?
By Nancy Valko So now we learn that the attorney for Baby Charlie Gard’s guardian is a euthanasia activist who is Chairman of Compassion in Dying, an “end-of-life” advocacy group with a sister organization that supports assisted suicide. This should not be a surprise....
Congresswoman and mother of her own “miracle child” offers amendment to grant residency to Charlie, Connie, and Chris
By Dave Andrusko By all indications, Justice Nicholas Francis will hand down his decision, potentially sealing the fate of little Charlie Gard, next Tuesday. The presiding judge is presumably evaluating the results of the latest tests on the nearly one-year-old...
The attorney for Charlie Gard’s Guardian: Kill Instead of Withdrawing Life Support
By Wesley J. Smith As I reported here previously, the attorney representing the guardian of the catastrophically ill baby, Charlie Gard–and hence, who is representing Charlie Gard–who opposes allowing his parents to have control over his medical care, is the...
House passes amendment granting permanent resident status to Charlie Gard and his family
By Dave Andrusko Supporters of Connie Yates and Chris Gard continue to make it possible for the hospital that is refusing to allow them to move their son to the United States for experimental therapy to gracefully retreat from its position that Charlie Gard should be...
Charlie Gard, “a life that had to be cared for,” and a modern day Rosetta Stone
By Dave Andrusko Stay with me for a paragraph or two. This actually will make sense. It knits together the fate of Charlie Gard, the little boy we write about daily, with a flash of insight that occurred more than 200 years ago, the product of enormous patience and...
An Update on Charlie Gard: brain scan and EEG taken, more tests to follow
By Dave Andrusko Lots to report about little Charlie Gard whose parents are fighting a famous London-based hospital which insists that Charlie’s ventilator be removed and the nearly one-year-old be “allowed to die with dignity.” #1. On Sunday the first scans of...
Charlie Deserves a Chance at Life
By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation It was one of those small, seemingly insignificant details that might have passed the perception of many people reading about the Charlie Gard case. The CNN online news report noted that, as...
Charlie Gard gets ‘make or break’ exam by experts, including Dr. Hirano
By Kathy Ostrowski, Policy & Research Director, Kansans for Life Around the world, millions are holding their breath during this crucial two day period for baby Charlie Gard, still on life-support in a London hospital, in spite of the hospital's strong...