LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill Charlie Gard, the infant whose battle for life thrust the issues of parental rights and socialized medicine into the global spotlight, died in hospice Friday. The U.K. high court and The Great Ormond Street Hospital denied Chris Gard and Connie Yates their last wish Thursday to take…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill A judge ruled Wednesday that Charlie Gard will die in hospice after the deadline passed for Gard’s parents to present alternative end of life options. Justice Francis decided that Gard would die in hospice unless Chris Gard and Connie Yates, Gard’s parents, presented an alternative option by 12 p.m.,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill Charlie Gard’s mother left the courtroom Wednesday in tears during a tense hearing over Gard’s end of life care options. “What if it was your child,” Connie Yates shouted at the hearing before storming out in tears. Yates has been at the court alone with lawyer Grant Armstrong,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill Charlie Gard’s parents returned to the U.K. High Court Tuesday for a hearing to decide whether they can take their son home to die. Chris Gard and Connie Yates returned to the court at 9:00 a.m. EST to for a hearing to decide the end of life care…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe A U.K. High Court judge demanded to see new evidence concerning Charlie Gard’s condition soon Friday, as the legal battle over the infant’s life stretches on. Justice Francis, presiding over Gard’s case, told Gard’s parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, that he would need to see new material…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill A U.S. doctor flew into the U.K. Monday alongside other medical experts to examine Charlie Gard and determine Gard’s chances of improvement with treatment. Dr. Michio Hirano, co-director of the North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium and Chief of the Neuromuscular Division at Columbia University, said that 11-month-old Gard has…