"Chris Gard and Connie Yates, parents of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard, read a statement at the High Court in London after <a href=""http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/health/charlie-gard-decision/index.html"" target=""_blank"">giving up a legal fight</a> over their son's treatment on Monday, July 24. Charlie suffers from mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, a rare degenerative condition that has left him with irreversible brain damage and a loss of motor skills. Great Ormond Street Hospital, where Charlie has been since October, received permission from the European Court of Human Rights to discontinue life support in spite of his parents' desire to bring him to the United States for an experimental therapy. The doctors at GOSH argued that every medical option has already been considered and treatment in another country would not be in Charlie's best interest."
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