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Source: Time
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A family has been left in shock after their 2-year-old son died after being removed from life support against their wishes, according to several reports.
On Thursday afternoon, 2-year-old Israel Stinson was removed from a breathing ventilator at Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles after a judge upheld the hospitals decision to remove life support, according to the Los Angeles Times. Now, the toddlers parents, Jonee Fonseca and Nathaniel Stinson, are left devastated, as expressed by Alexandra Snyder, an attorney with the Life Legal Defense Foundation, a pro-life group representing Israels family pro bono.
I was on the phone with his mother when the doctors disconnected him, Snyder said, according to the Los Angeles Times. They were in such a hurry to do it, they didnt even sit down and explain what was going on.
A spokesperson for the Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, Lorenzo Benet, tells PEOPLE, Due to health privacy regulations, we cannot comment.
Read more: http://time.com/4469884/israel-stinson/
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