All posts tagged "life support"
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5.0KHuman RightsUN Committee tells hospital to keep boy on ventilator while it considers his case
UPDATE 7/31/22: The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) has asked that Archie Battersbee be kept on...
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6.6KHuman InterestPreemie born at 23 weeks home after 70 days on life support: ‘She’s a little fighter’
A premature baby whose hand was the size of her dad’s fingernail at birth is home and thriving after spending 70 days...
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3.6KGuest ColumnPreemie born at 23 weeks doing well after parents refused to turn off life support
(Right to Life UK) Born a week before the abortion limit and weighing only a pound, baby Chay is now nine months...
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7.5KAnalysisMIRACLE: Baby Tinslee, nearly killed by the ’10-day rule,’ is now home with her family
Tinslee Lewis, the baby girl who was nearly killed by a Texas hospital who tried to disconnect her life support on the...
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7.9KHuman InterestMom who came off life support to meet 7-week-old son reunites with family for Christmas
Indiana mom Autumn Carver had a long road to meeting her third child, but that made the reunion all the sweeter. Now,...
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3.8KAnalysisPremature baby born with no immune system survives 10 surgeries: ‘She’s our little miracle’
A premature baby born with severe immunodeficiency has come a long way in just 15 months. Born in August 2020, weighing just...
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8.7KHuman RightsBrain-injured toddler dies after courts rule UK hospital can end life support
Two months after a European court ruled that Manchester University NHS could turn off her life support, two-year-old Alta Fixsler has died....
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1.8KGuest ColumnHospital takes custody of three-month-old baby to remove him from life support
(National Review) Keaton Crull, a three-month-old baby from Indiana being treated in Kentucky, is about to be removed from life support over...
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10.4KHuman RightsPatient recovers after Texas hospital activates 10-day rule to turn off life support
Jose Cobos-Portillo came to the U.S. from Mexico in September 2020 on a work visa. But that same month he was admitted...
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3.9KHuman RightsEuropean Court says life support can be withdrawn from UK toddler
The parents of a toddler in the United Kingdom appear to have exhausted their last legal option to prevent their daughter’s life...
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3.3KInternationalJewish parents fight UK courts that want to remove life support from toddler
In a case reminiscent of others in recent years involving young children on life support, a British court hearing today, June 23,...
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3.1KGuest ColumnFederal court restrains hospital from removing life support from two-year-old
The name Israel means he who prevails with God. Right now, there is an emergency calling for the performance of God’s love...
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Kaiser Hospital to pull 2-year-old off life support against parents’ wishes
LATEST UPDATE: Israel’s parents have filed an appeal with the 9th Circuit, since the hospital plans to take him off life support...
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1.9KNewsbreakTerri Schiavo’s husband attacks PAC backing Jeb Bush for ad citing wife’s case
Michael Schiavo, husband of the late Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman taken off life support in 2005, has attacked Republican presidential candidate...
