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Killing the wrong baby

An Australian woman is going to have twins. She is told by doctors that one of her babies had a congenital heart defect that – “if he survived” – would require numerous operations. The woman decides to abort the sick baby.

However, the doctors, instead of killing the ill baby, “inject” the “wrong twin”. The hospital issues an apology. It is a “terrible tragedy”, they say. They soften the tragedy by helping the woman have “an emergency Caesarean to end the life of the sick foetus”. (Source BBC website, November 24).

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Patrick Mulholland

Nov 30th 2011, 19:22

MURDER

P. Vincenti

Nov 30th 2011, 19:42

What is bizarre is that you have to ask the question you posed in the first place.

If you really need help comprehending what is wrong with this situation it is either as you have not understood the letter or worse still, you actually have understood it.

P. Vincenti

Dec 1st 2011, 12:01

Mr Aquilina. This has nothing to do with the case you mentioned.

Here, the parents have chosen to eliminate one of the siblings before birth just because it may have a medical condition.

It would still have continued to live had it been born and judging by the MISTAKE made by the doctor in killing the child that did not have the condition, I would not be surprised if the child in question would have been born with no condition at all. This is not at all unusual in my experience. Doctors misdiagnose all the time unfortunately. They are far from perfect.

I am especially perturbed at the total disregard to human life when the hospital then went and offered a complimentary abortion as compensation. Revolting!


Simon Oosterman

Nov 29th 2011, 15:26

Well said.

James Galea

Nov 29th 2011, 22:00

Which was the mistake ?- killing the first baby or trying to make it better by killing the second one too ?
btw - in the context within which you use it, the word is 'moral' not 'morale'

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