European Court Rejects Parents’ Appeal Against Removal Of Two-Year-Old’s Life-Support Treatment

The parents of a two-year-old girl lost their appeal to the European Court of Human Rights this week to block a U.K. hospital from removing her life-support treatment.

The court said in a letter to the parents of Alta Fixsler on Aug. 2 that it would not intervene following a U.K. court decision that life-sustaining treatment...