Charlie Gard's family ends legal fight: 'We will miss him terribly'
The British parents of 11-month-old Charlie Gard, whose illness has damaged his brain and rendered him unable to breathe on his own, have decided against pursuing their controversial efforts to take him to the United States for treatment after an assessment from a U.S. doctor. This choice will preemptively end the court proceedings and any possibility of the family transporting Charlie to the U.S. Charlie's parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, gave a solemn address to the press today about their decision on the steps of the U.K. High Court. “This is one of the hardest things we’ve ever had to say and we are about to do one of the hardest things we’ve ever had to do,” Chris Gard said, reading from a sheet of paper. Gard said that it was no longer in his son's best interest to seek tre...
