Babies have, indeed, been born of brain-dead mothers, but these are babies that are past or very near the point of viability, meaning that they could survive outside the womb at the time of the mother’s death.
In this case, they are trying to use a decaying body as an incubator for a child who was at only 14 weeks when the mother died and had no medical chance of developing to viability. Grotesque, and, from a medical viewpoint, impossible.
I actually had a conversation with my doctor about this case yesterday. My doctor is an associate with those involved with the case and is appalled that the law has been applied in this way.
FWIW, I am solidly pro-life, even in the case of rape or incest. In this case, respect for life means letting nature takes its course and letting these sweet souls go to their Maker. Perhaps they already have.
Some of the comments about this case are truly beyond the pale and unworthy of FR or good conservative thought. Both parents of this doomed child were paramedics. Dad found the mother after her stroke and was able to keep her alive until 911 got there. What a nightmare, in all respects, for this good family.
I tend to agree, this is one case where Pro-Lifers hurt their cause.
There is no one in the immediate family who wants to keep the mother alive, unlike in the Schiavo case.
I think doctor testimony combined with the family’s wishes should take precedence there.....It’s a sad story all around....The family has suffered enough, without having the additional pain of having invective heaped upon them by those who will never be in their shoes.
I am very pro-life, but this case is not the ‘hill to die on.’