More hope for medical redemption 14-year-old cancer patient is allowed to freeze

Hope for Healing: Body of young cancer patient frozen after her death
A 14-year-old girl from the UK knew she was going to die from her cancer. Before she died, she had convinced the competent court that she had the right to freeze her body. The adolescent hoped to be healed in the future. Now her body is stored at temperatures of less than minus 130 degrees.

Corpse frozen by 14-year-old
A terminally ill girl from the UK has, according to media reports shortly before her death, won the right to keep her body, hoping to be cured in the future. According to the BBC, she wrote to the judge that she wanted to "live longer" and "not allow herself to be buried". The 14-year-old died in October of a rare form of cancer and was then flown to the United States, where her body is now kept.

In the UK, a young cancer patient has won the right to freeze her body after death. Now her body is kept at minus 130 degrees. The 14-year-old hoped one day to be cured and awakened again. (Image: Kadmy / fotolia.com)

A chance for healing
In a letter to the judges wrote the girl, whose initials are given with "JS": "I have been asked to explain why I want to have done this unusual thing. I am only 14 years old and I do not want to die, but I will die. I think being frozen gives me the chance to be healed and awakened - even if it's been hundreds of years. "

Moved by the girl's brave style
According to a British Guardian report, Judge Peter Jackson said, "I was moved by the brave way she faced her predicament. It is no wonder that this motion was the first of its kind to come to court in this country, and probably elsewhere. He is an example of the new questions that science poses to the law. "

Body is preserved at temperatures below minus 130 degrees
The court ruled decided in favor of the girl. Shortly thereafter, the 14-year-old died, her body was flown to the United States and is now stored there at temperatures of less than minus 130 degrees. Possibilities for this method called "Kryonik" are so far only in Russia and the US.

The costs of around 43,000 euros, which are due for this form of cryopreservation, were raised according to the reports of the grandparents. The divorced parents of JS had previously disagreed. The mother wanted to fulfill the wish of her daughter, the father was against it at first.

He said, "Although this treatment could someday be successful and bring it back to life, say in 200 years, it could be that she has no relatives, does not remember anything, and she lives in a hopeless situation, since she is only 14 Years old and in the US. "

Richter became a "hero"
These disagreements were probably the reason why the adolescent turned to the court. She wanted to get her mother to decide on her own what happened to her body.

Judge Jackson therefore spoke of a "tragic combination" of family conflict and the deadly illness of a child. According to "BBC" the 14-year-old has called the judge as her "hero". According to the Guardian, the girl "died peacefully, knowing that her body will be frozen".

According to the wishes of the girl, the verdict was only published now, the identity of all those affected is kept secret. (Ad)