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The U.K. Supreme Court has refused to give the parents of Archie Battersbee more time to take their legal case to the U.N. Committee on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities before his life support is withdrawn.

The 12-year-olds parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, had asked the UNs Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to reverse doctors decision to end their sons life support.

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Archies mother and father, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, are asking the UNs Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNRPD) to stop doctors withdrawing mechanical intervention.

The 12-year-olds parents had asked the UNs Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to reverse the decision by UK doctors to turn off the schoolboys life support after two legal battles.

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Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee say they have asked Supreme Court justices to give them more time to carry on a life-support treatment fight.

Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee say they have asked Supreme Court justices to give them more time to carry on a life-support treatment fight.

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Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee say they have asked Supreme Court justices to give them more time to carry on a life-support treatment fight.