A U.K. Court Ruled To Take Their Baby Off Life Support, But They Kept Fighting

In August 2016, Chris Gard and Connie Yates welcomed their son, Charlie, into the world. They didn't know that less than a year later, they'd be fighting to keep him alive. Just a few weeks after Charlie was born, his health started taking a turn for the worse. "We took him into hospital at eight weeks old and none of us have been anywhere near home since," his parents wrote on their campaign website "Charlie's Fight." Their little boy suffers from a rare genetic condition called mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, which progressively weakens tissues in the muscle, liver, or both...

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