Family of Comatose Boy Seek to Have Him Moved to Hospice

Family of Comatose Boy Seek to Have Him Moved to Hospice
Archie Battersbee in a file photo. Hollie Dance via AP
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LONDON—The family of a comatose boy who have fought to prevent doctors from ending his life-support treatment have filed a legal action requesting permission to move their son from a London hospital to a hospice.

Archie Battersbee’s parents announced the move after the European Court of Human Rights late Wednesday rejected a request to intervene in the case following a series of rulings by U.K. courts that backed doctors who said further treatment was not in the 12-year-old’s best interests because he is brain dead.