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    When parents and doctors disagree on what futile means

    by Alice Park Jul 15, 2017 3 minutes
    Charlie Gard’s parents are fighting doctors for the right to treat him with an experimental therapy

    HE’S ONLY 11 MONTHS OLD, BUT Charlie Gard commands an army of the impassioned that numbers in the hundreds of thousands and includes a Pope and a President. This online platoon, including 350,000 people who have signed a petition on his behalf, is rallying behind his parents’ singular mission—for Charlie to stay alive. A far smaller but equally committed group, including a hospital and a court, is fighting back, defending the medical community’s right

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