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To: Tim Long

Is killing one conjoined twin to save the other child murder?


57 posted on 02/22/2006 3:21:01 PM PST by oldleft
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To: oldleft
Is killing one conjoined twin to save the other child murder?

Not if it happens while your trying to save both of their lives simultaneously.
61 posted on 02/22/2006 3:29:46 PM PST by xmission
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Do they ever do that in the womb? It's my understanding that conjoined twins are usually separated after birth. Sometimes, long after birth.


69 posted on 02/22/2006 3:51:51 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: oldleft
Is killing one conjoined twin to save the other child murder?

Murder is an unlawful killing so it depends on the state of the law where the procedure occurs.

If you are asking whether it is wrong to purposely kill one to save the other, then yes, it is wrong. I am not saying that I would not do it, it would be a very hard choice indeed, but I believe it would be wrong!

86 posted on 02/22/2006 4:40:12 PM PST by mwilli20
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To: oldleft
Is killing one conjoined twin to save the other child murder?

No.

But killing someone for convenience is. Which is the rule of abortion. The exception where the mother's life is supposedly in danger is drastically overblown.

119 posted on 02/22/2006 10:30:41 PM PST by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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