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Fixsler was born on 23 December 2018, 34 weeks into the pregnancy,[{{Cite web |date=2024-09-25 |title=Alta Fixsler: Parents raise care concerns over toddler's death |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39ljvdzjm0o |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}] to Abraham and Chaya,[{{Cite web |last=Topping |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-25 |title=Alta Fixsler deteriorated before legal battle over her life, inquest hears |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/alta-fixsler-deteriorated-months-before-30006813 |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}] via an emergency [[caesarean section]], after Chaya suffered from a significant [[placental abruption]]. She was born without a heartbeat and after successful resuscitation attempts she remained with a severe hypoxic brain injury.[{{Cite web |last=Woodhouse |first=Watson |date=2024-10-02 |title=Inquest into the death of Alta Fixsler, a toddler whose life support was turned off has now concluded |url=https://www.watsonwoodhouse.co.uk/inquest-into-the-death-of-alta-fixsler/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Watson Woodhouse |language=en-GB}}] |
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Fixsler was born on 23 December 2018, 34 weeks into the pregnancy,[{{Cite web |date=2024-09-25 |title=Alta Fixsler: Parents raise care concerns over toddler's death |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39ljvdzjm0o |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}] to Abraham and Chaya,[{{Cite web |last=Topping |first=Stephen |date=2024-09-25 |title=Alta Fixsler deteriorated before legal battle over her life, inquest hears |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/alta-fixsler-deteriorated-months-before-30006813 |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}] via an emergency [[caesarean section]], after Chaya suffered from a significant [[placental abruption]]. She was born without a heartbeat and after successful resuscitation attempts she remained with a severe hypoxic brain injury.[{{Cite web |last=Woodhouse |first=Watson |date=2024-10-02 |title=Inquest into the death of Alta Fixsler, a toddler whose life support was turned off has now concluded |url=https://www.watsonwoodhouse.co.uk/inquest-into-the-death-of-alta-fixsler/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Watson Woodhouse |language=en-GB}}] |
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In 2021, a judge ruled that it was not in Fixsler's best interests for [[Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust]] to continue providing treatment.[{{Cite web |title=Alta Fixsler: Two-year-old dies with 'parents by her side' after her life support machine is switched off |url=https://news.sky.com/story/alta-fixsler-two-year-old-dies-with-parents-by-her-side-after-her-life-support-machine-is-switched-off-12437880 |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Sky News |language=en}}] Her parents had argued that it was against their religious beliefs to contribute to her death, and they were able to transport her to Israel to continue receiving treatment.[{{Cite web |last=Mendel |first=Jack |date=2021-05-30 |title=Life-sustaining treatment can be withdrawn from two-year-old girl, rules judge |url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/life-sustaining-treatment-can-be-withdrawn-from-two-year-old-girl-rules-judge/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Jewish News |language=en-US}}] After the Supreme Court concurred with the ruling, they appealed to the [[European Court of Human Rights]], which rejected the appeal.[{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=2021-08-04 |title=Alta Fixsler: European court says UK hospital can withdraw life support |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/04/alta-fixsler-european-court-says-uk-hospital-can-withdraw-life-support |access-date=2025-03-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}] |
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In 2021, a judge ruled that it was not in Fixsler's best interests for [[Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust]] to continue providing treatment.[{{Cite web |title=Alta Fixsler: Two-year-old dies with 'parents by her side' after her life support machine is switched off |url=https://news.sky.com/story/alta-fixsler-two-year-old-dies-with-parents-by-her-side-after-her-life-support-machine-is-switched-off-12437880 |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Sky News |language=en}}] Her parents had argued that it was against their religious beliefs to contribute to her death, and they were able to transport her to Israel to continue receiving treatment.[{{Cite web |last=Mendel |first=Jack |date=2021-05-30 |title=Life-sustaining treatment can be withdrawn from two-year-old girl, rules judge |url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/life-sustaining-treatment-can-be-withdrawn-from-two-year-old-girl-rules-judge/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Jewish News |language=en-US}}] After the Supreme Court concurred with the ruling, they appealed to the [[European Court of Human Rights]], which rejected the appeal.[{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=2021-08-04 |title=Alta Fixsler: European court says UK hospital can withdraw life support |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/04/alta-fixsler-european-court-says-uk-hospital-can-withdraw-life-support |access-date=2025-03-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}] |