The parents of a brain-damaged two-year-old at the centre of a right-to-life court battle were devastated last night after the European Court of Human Rights agreed her treatment should be withdrawn.
Alta Fixsler has no conscious awareness and experiences constant pain, according to her doctors at a Manchester hospital.
The High Court ruled in May that she should be allowed to die but her ultra-Orthodox parents say their Jewish faith means they cannot agree to her life support being turned off.
They want to take her to the United States or Israel for care and, after failing to overturn the decision at the Supreme Court, sought to take their case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
Seven Democratic Senators Appeal to UK on Behalf of Alta Fixsler
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