Parents of boy in life-support battle go to European court

LONDON (AP) — The family of a comatose British boy at the center of a life-support battle says it has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in a last-ditch bid to stop a hospital ending his treatment. Archie Battersbee was found unconscious at home on April 7. Doctors believe he is brain-stem dead and say continued life-support treatment is not in his best interests.  His parents have fought unsuccessfully to get British courts to block the Royal London Hospital turning off the boy’s ventilator. Archie’s mother, Hollie Dance, said the hospital planned to begin withdrawing Archie’s life support on Wednesday at 11 a.m. She said the family’s lawyers would submit an application to the European court before that.