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Prayers for family as Charlie Gard's parents give up legal fight


Today, the parents of terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard decided to give up their legal challenge to take him to the US for experimental treatment. A lawyer representing Chris Gard and Connie Yates told the High Court "time had run out" for the baby.

Mr Gard said it meant his "sweet, gorgeous, innocent little boy" will not reach his first birthday on 4 August. "To let our beautiful little Charlie go" is "the hardest thing we'll ever have to do", his mother said.

Charlie's parents said they made the decision because a US doctor said it was now too late to give Charlie nucleoside therapy.

A spokesperson for the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales commented: “Following today’s decision by the parents of Charlie Gard, the Bishops of England and Wales express their deepest sympathy and compassion for them and for their son.

“It is some weeks now since Pope Francis said that he was following “with affection and emotion the case of little Charlie Gard and expresses his own closeness to his parents. For them he prays, hoping that their desire to accompany and care for their own child to the end is not ignored.”

“Indeed it is for Charlie, his parents and family that we all pray, hoping that they are able, as a family, to be given the support and the space to find peace in the days ahead. Their farewell to their tiny and precious baby touches the hearts of all who, like Pope Francis, have followed this sad and complex story. Charlie’s life will be lovingly cherished until its natural end.

At this moment it is important to remember that all involved in these agonising decisions have sought to act with integrity and for Charlie’s good as they see it. The professionalism, love and care for severely ill children consistently shown at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is also to be recognised and applauded."

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