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Trump Offers 'Help' To British Baby After Court Rules Life Support Should End

On Monday both President Trump and the Vatican weighed in on the case of terminally ill 10-month-old Charlie Gard, whose parents want him moved to an American hospital for experimental treatment.

On Monday the Vatican and the White House offered support to the family of a terminally ill British baby whom the European courts ruled could be taken off life support against the will of his parents.

Charlie Gard suffers from a rare mitochondrial disorder, known as MDDS, that leaves him unable to hear Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he is being treated. The condition is currently incurable.

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