A U.S. lawmaker who has proposed legislation to grant legal permanent status to critically ill baby Charlie Gard and his parents says under the U.K. system of government-run health care, the British judiciary is holding the baby “hostage.”
The London hospital that is treating baby Charlie Gard says it is applying to the U.K.’s High Court for a new hearing after learning of “fresh evidence” of potential treatments for Charlie. “Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has today
Two Republican members of Congress said they plan to introduce legislation next week that would grant lawful permanent resident status in the United States to critically ill baby Charlie Gard and his parents to allow the child to leave the U.K. and receive experimental treatment in America.
U.S. pro-life leaders are calling upon the British government to allow the parents of critically ill baby Charlie Gard to privately seek further treatment for their son according to their own wishes as his parents.
The parents of baby Charlie Gard have raised funds privately to bring their seriously sick child to the United States for experimental treatment, but both the British courts and European Court of Human Rights say it is death that is in Charlie’s best interests.
