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This 7 page paper discusses the ethical dilemmas surrounding the issue of separating conjoined twins. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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2000). More than half of all such twins are stillborn, and of those surviving, another third die within a few days (Conjoined twins, 2000). Conjoined twins who do
survive into adulthood can go on to have children, hold jobs, and lead fulfilling lives. This paper discusses the ethical dilemmas surrounding the issue of separating conjoined twins.
Ethical Dilemma Identified There is a great deal of debate about whether or not it is ethical to separate conjoined twins. The question becomes acute in those instances
in which separation will condemn one twin to death, and this is likely to happen in the majority of cases. Basically, the two sides of the debate seem to
be that it is wrong to take a life under any circumstances, versus the idea that a life such as most conjoined twins are forced to lead is so diminished
that separation is desirable, no matter what the risk. The issue becomes even more complicated because most separations have been failures, and both twins have died. The issues
in this heart wrenching debate can be explored more easily if we consider an actual case, that of Jodie and Mary. Both Sides of the Debate In 2000,
their parents brought Jodie and Mary, conjoined twins, to Britain for medical assessment (Smith, 2000). Doctors determined that without surgery both twins would die, but separating them would mean
that Mary, who was dependent on Jodie for survival, would die (Smith, 2000). But Mary was more than slightly dependent: she was born with a non-functioning heart and
lungs, and with a "primitive brain and nervous system" such that it was thought she was probably brain damaged as well; had Mary been a born a single baby, she
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