{"id":2096589,"date":"2023-11-10T16:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T21:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judges-deny-parents-appeal-to-take-infant-daughter-to-italy-for-treatment-order-life-support-be-removed\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T16:36:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T21:36:03","slug":"judges-deny-parents-appeal-to-take-infant-daughter-to-italy-for-treatment-order-life-support-be-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judges-deny-parents-appeal-to-take-infant-daughter-to-italy-for-treatment-order-life-support-be-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents&#8217; plea to bring their baby to Italy for treatment denied; court orders removal of life-support."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudges-deny-parents-appeal-to-take-infant-daughter-to-italy-for-treatment-order-life-support-be-removed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2096589&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>UK Judges Deny Appeal to Take Daughter with Rare Disease \u2063to Italy for \u200cTreatment<\/h2>\n<p>A panel of judges in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/united-kingdom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United \u2062Kingdom<\/a> \u2062has \u200bdenied an appeal from parents to\u200b take their daughter, who \u2063suffers from\u200b a rare disease, to Italy for treatment.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The judges <a href=\"https:\/\/christianconcern.com\/news\/judges-rule-italian-intervention-to-save-indi-wholly-misconceived\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> that \u200cItaly&#8217;s desire to provide treatment for 8-month-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-orders-u-k-baby-to-be-taken-off-life-support-as-parents-fight-to-take-her-to-italy-for-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indi \u200dGregory<\/a> \u2063 under Hague Convention\u2064 rules \u2064was &#8220;wholly misconceived&#8221;\u2063 and &#8220;not in the spirit of the convention.&#8221; Italy has granted the infant citizenship, and\u200b Prime \u2062Minister Giorgia Meloni has reached out to the U.K.&#8217;s Lord Chancellor to coordinate travel to bring the young child to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/italy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200d parents of Indi, <a href=\"https:\/\/christianconcern.com\/cccases\/indi-gregory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>supported<\/strong><\/a>  by the Christian Legal Centre, have sought to leave the U.K. to find treatment for \u200dtheir\u200c daughter&#8217;s rare mitochondrial disease. However, judges with\u2063 the Court of \u2064Appeal have denied their requests, upholding a \u200bprevious ruling that Indi must be taken off\u2063 life support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Claire and I\u200d are again\u2062 disgusted by another one-sided \u200cdecision from \u200bthe judges and the Trust. The whole world is watching and is shocked at how we have been treated,&#8221; expressed Dean \u200cGregory, Indi&#8217;s father.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Claire and I have always wanted what \u2062is in\u2063 Indi&#8217;s best interests. She has human rights, and we wanted her to have the best treatment possible. If the UK \u200bdid not \u2063want\u200c to\u200c fund it, why can she not go to\u200b Italy and receive \u200cthe treatment \u200cand care which \u200bthe amazing \u200bItalian Prime Minister and government has offered?&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Lord Justice\u200c Peter\u2063 Jackson, Lady Justice Eleanor King, and Lord Justice Andrew Moylan have also\u200b ruled\u200b against\u2064 the parents&#8217; request to bring Indi home if she had to have life support removed.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/ep-1369-old-lawyer-shoots-two-climate-activists-blocking-the-road-member-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with Daily Wire host Michael Knowles<\/a> \u2062before the court&#8217;s decision was announced, Dean expressed his embarrassment to be British and his sole desire to\u2062 get treatment for his daughter.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687352286746000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2XxW0VTdKx-2nQAhkiTR8M\">CLICK HERE\u2063 TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As\u200c a parent in the U.K., when you go to the courts, you&#8217;ve \u2062got \u2063no rights, you&#8217;re set up to \u2062fail. Everyone is against\u2063 you. My daughter is not brain dead, she&#8217;s moving, she&#8217;s breathing, she&#8217;s alert,&#8221; he expressed. &#8220;It&#8217;s all down to money. It&#8217;s all down to cost and resources in the U.K.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He criticized the doctors and courts in the U.K. for not valuing his daughter&#8217;s life enough to provide \u2062the necessary treatment, while Italy has been\u200b supportive. &#8220;Why can&#8217;t my country help?&#8221; he questioned.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s government has offered to pay for treatment at Bambino Ges\u00f9 Pediatric Hospital in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a\u200c hospital prepared to care for Indi in Rome. Indi&#8217;s parents desire to give her every\u200d chance\u2063 they can. Why\u2064 would anyone try to stop this happening for them and for her?&#8221; said Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre. &#8220;To continue to deny them this opportunity \u2062is unimaginable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-sotomayor-claims-100000-children-in-serious-condition-on-ventilators\/\" title=\"Fact Check: Sotomayor Claims 100,000 Children 'in Serious Condition,' on 'Ventilators'\">cases involving children<\/a> with rare\u200c diseases, should \u200bparents have more weight in\u200c making \u200dmedical decisions\u2064 for their child, especially when traditional treatments have not been successful and alternative treatment options are available in other countries<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Allow us to pursue treatment here, we believed that Italy was the best option for our daughter,&#8221;\u2064 Gregory added.<\/p>\n<p>The case has garnered international attention, with many questioning the decision made by the \u200cU.K. judges. Supporters argue that the parents should have the right to explore all possible treatment options for their child, especially when other countries\u2064 are willing to \u2062provide the necessary \u200dcare.<\/p>\n<p>Indi&#8217;s case is particularly complex due to the fact that Italy has granted her citizenship. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has personally \u200cgotten involved in the case and has expressed a desire \u200cto \u2062coordinate\u200b travel arrangements to bring Indi to Italy for treatment.\u2063 This raises \u2063questions about the jurisdiction and authority of the U.K. judges in denying the parents&#8217; appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The Hague Convention, which \u200bthe U.K. judges cited in their \u200bdecision,\u2062 is an international agreement that\u2062 aims\u2063 to protect children from the harmful effects of\u200b abduction or wrongful\u2064 retention and to ensure \u200btheir prompt return to their\u2062 country of habitual\u2062 residence. However, in this particular case, supporters argue that the\u2064 judges&#8217; interpretation of the convention is overly restrictive and fails to \u200cconsider the best interests of \u200cthe \u2064child.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the U.K. \u200djudges&#8217; decision argue that the parents should be given the opportunity to explore alternative \u200dtreatment options, especially when conventional treatments have not been successful in managing Indi&#8217;s rare mitochondrial disease. Italy has offered \u2063to provide specialized treatment that\u200c may\u200d offer hope for\u200b the young girl&#8217;s \u2063condition.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062denial of the parents&#8217; appeal has ignited a larger debate about the rights of parents in making\u2064 medical decisions for their children. Many argue that parents should have the autonomy to seek the best possible care for their children, including exploring treatment options abroad if necessary. This case raises questions about the limits of parental rights and the role of the state in making decisions regarding a child&#8217;s medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>As the legal battle continues, Indi&#8217;s parents\u200d remain determined to \u2062\u200bfight for their daughter&#8217;s\u2063 right to seek \u200btreatment in Italy. They \u200care not giving up, and their supporters are rallying behind them, urging the U.K.\u2064 judges to reconsider their decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the end, it is Indi&#8217;s life that is at stake here, and we will do\u200c everything in our power to ensure that she receives \u200cthe best possible care,&#8221; Gregory said.<\/p>\n<p>The case of Indi Gregory highlights the complex and often \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judges-deny-parents-appeal-to-take-infant-daughter-to-italy-for-treatment-order-life-support-be-removed\/\" title=\"Parents' plea to bring their baby to Italy for treatment denied; court orders removal of life-support.\">contentious issues surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mo-ag-sues-school-district-for-imposing-mask-mandate-on-children\/\" title=\"Mo. AG sues school district for imposing mask mandate on children\">medical decision-making<\/a><\/a> and parental rights. It \u200braises important questions about the role of\u2062 the state \u200din determining what is in the best interests of a child, and \u2064whether the rights of parents should be given more weight in such decisions.<\/p>\n<p>As the legal\u2064 battle continues, the outcome of this case could have far-reaching implications for future cases involving children with rare diseases \u2064and their parents&#8217; right to seek\u200c treatment options outside their home country. It remains to \u2062be seen how this case will be resolved and what impact it will have on the broader conversation around medical decision-making and parental rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UK panel rejected parents&#8217; plea to transfer their sick daughter to Italy for treatment. The judges deemed Italy&#8217;s request to treat 8-month-old Indi Gregory under Hague Convention rules as &#8220;misconceived&#8221; and against the intended spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2096590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2096589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2096589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2096589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2096590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2096589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2096589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2096589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}