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The decision came after Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote to the U.K.’s lord chancellor and secretary of state for justice on Nov. 10 in an appeal to bring Gregory to Rome for treatment.
The family, supported by the Christian Legal Centre, says they will appeal the decision.
Removal of life support has been delayed by 48 hours to allow Archie’s family time to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
Doctors believe that Alta has no chance of recovery and suffers from consistent pain, while her parents do not agree that she is in consistent pain and say that as Hasidic Jews they consider the sanctity of life to be a fundamental tenet.
“It is unconscionable that the British government is usurping the role of parents and disregarding the sincere religious objections of the family,” ten Republican senators wrote, urging Biden to raise the issue with the U.K.’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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