Judge rules Alfie’s ventilator can be turned off

Father vows to fight on By Dave Andrusko A furious Tom Evans said today the battle to keep his seriously ill son on a ventilator “isn’t over, this is just the start” moments after Mr. Justice Hayden ruled for Alder Hey Hospital which wishes to turn Alfie’s ventilator off. The judge agreed with medical personnel … Read more

Charlie Gard’s parents endure volatile UK court hearing

No decision reached today in emotional hearing By Kathy Ostrowski Policy and Research Director, Kansans for Life (Picture: Featureworld) A decision whether Chris Gard and Connie Yates, will be allowed to take their rapidly failing son Charlie to the United States to obtain experimental treatment will be held off at least another day or two … Read more

In a stunning turnabout, British High Court to hear “fresh evidence” in Charlie Gard case

By Dave Andrusko In an absolutely stunning turn of events, Mr. Justice Francis of England’s High Court will hear new evidence Monday in the case of Charlie Gard, the 11-month-old boy whom London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital [GOSH] has insisted is better off dead. There had been numerous signals that GOSH would remove Charlie’s life … Read more

Miracle twins save each other’s life by holding hands while still in the womb

Doctors feared “selective termination” very last resort By Dave Andrusko Rowan (left) and Blake like holding hands(picture: Caters) When Hayley Lampshire, 27, from Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England discovered her twins were suffering from an extremely rare condition, the odds were so daunting that (as she told Richard Hartley-Parkinson) “We were told that a selective termination would … Read more

One of Youngest-Ever Surviving Preemies Goes Home

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This story appeared in the March 2007 edition of National Right to Life News and is part of our year-long “Roe at 40” series where we are reprinting stories from NRL News going back to its founding in 1973. If you are not a subscriber to the “pro-life newspaper of … Read more