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<\/source><\/picture>A High Court judge in the United Kingdom has ruled to remove life support from a 7-month-old baby, a decision that contradicts her parents’ desire to keep their daughter alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Indi Gregory, the baby at the center of this legal battle, is the daughter of Claire Staniforth and Dean Gregory from Derbyshire, said<\/a> the rights group Christian Concern, whose legal arm Christian Legal Centre is supporting the parents as they plan to appeal.<\/p>\n The baby girl is fighting a rare mitochondrial disease and is under treatment at the Queen\u2019s Medical Centre in Nottingham, the group said, adding that her parents and elder sisters are standing vigil at the hospital.<\/p>\n The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust argued at a private High Court hearing that discontinuing life support is in the baby\u2019s \u201cbest interests\u201d should her condition worsen.<\/p>\n Dean Gregory, Indi\u2019s father, expressed his dismay at the judge\u2019s decision. \u201cWe are devastated by the judge\u2019s ruling and will be appealing. \u2026 It feels like the Trust has been given the permission they were after to legally proceed with a death sentence for Indi,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n He further criticized the portrayal of Indi\u2019s medical condition during the trial. \u201cThat picture was so misleading that, after hearing their evidence in court, the media reported that Indi had to be resuscitated nine times in one day. This is completely untrue,\u201d Gregory said.<\/p>\n According to him, Indi is a fighter who deserves better care from the NHS. \u201cDuring her short life Indi has proved everybody wrong and deserves more time and care from the NHS rather than seeking to end her life as soon as possible,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n Gregory added that the legal struggle has been overwhelming. \u201cIt is criminal that parents who are trying to do everything for their child in such difficult circumstances are taken to court and have to contend with the weight of the whole system coming against them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The father emphasized that his daughter can still experience joy. \u201cIndi can definitely experience happiness. She cries like a normal baby. We just want to give her a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n CLC\u2019s Chief Executive Andrea Williams said, \u201cLife is precious and to be protected in law. We must give people every chance to live rather than end their lives prematurely by saying it\u2019s in their best interests to die.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier this month, the parents were informed with only 48 hours\u2019 notice of a legal hearing that would determine Indi\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n The family had been pressured to abort Indi multiple times before her birth, Gregory said earlier<\/a>.<\/p>\n Another family in the U.K. went through what Claire and Dean are going through.<\/p>\n They are struggling with a legal muzzle even after the death of their daughter, whose identity and case details were suppressed for over a year. Court orders recently only partially lifted the veil but maintained restrictions.<\/p>\n