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Some sad news to report: Charlie Gard, the terminally-ill baby who was the center of a controversy regarding parental rights and experimental treatment, has passed away in a hospice after his life support machine was withdrawn on Friday. He would have turned one on August 4.

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BREAKING: Charlie Gard, UK baby at the center of dispute over hospital treatment, has died - Daily Mail
12:16 PM - Jul 28, 2017
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Charlie spent the majority of his life in Great Ormond Street Hospital after being diagnosed with an extraordinarily rare disease called mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. This disease robbed Charlie of his ability to move and breathe, and he was dependent on a ventilator. His parents, Connie Yates and Chris Gard, raised over a million dollars to move him to the United States for an experimental treatment, but were not permitted to do so following a ruling by a human rights course that this was not in his best interest. A fierce debate on parental rights and medical care options soon followed, with figures as diverse as Pope Francis and President Donald Trump issuing statements of support for the Gard family.

On Monday, Charlie's parents announced that they would be dropping their legal battle and would no longer pursue treatment for their son, saying that it was just too late and the damage was irreversible. In an emotional statement, Chris Gard said that while they loved their son very much, it was now time to let him go.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Such a sad situation. My heart goes out to anyone losing one so young. R.I.P., young Charlie.

bahmer

Especially after all of the fighting that the parents did for him and then they thought with Trump offering support and am American doctor going over there they had hope only to have even that snatched away is truly devastating to them. And then I look at America and some of the women don't even want their children and have them aborted it doesn't seem right.

Mr Bombastic

I've noticed that when there is a choice between life and death, l*****ts almost always choose death.

bahmer

And the left still wants single payer or socialist healthcare the same as Great Britain. I believe that is where Charlie Gard was from. He was in the hospital since October and if they would have contacted an American doctor then he could be on the way to recovery.

badbobby Loc: texas

my heart goes out to the Gard family
so very young
so very sad

bahmer

True and everyone should also realize that that is what single payer healthcare will look like a few years down the line over here if we go down that road.

goofball Loc: timbucktoo

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