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BREAKING: U.K. Toddler Fights For Life After Hospital Removes Life Support Against Parents’ Wishes

Amanda Prestigiacomo

An ill 21-month-old boy who had his oxygen removed by a U.K. children’s hospital — a directive backed by the courts and made against his parents’ wishes — is currently fighting for his life.

Officials directed that little Alfie Evans, who is believed to have encephalomyopathic mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, have his life support removed after the boy’s parents lost a legal battle in the British Supreme Court just days ago.

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