Miracle baby born two days after mother’s ‘death’

msnbc.com ^ | Jan. 15, 2009 | Mike Celizic

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A tiny baby girl gaining strength in an incubator in England is named “Aya” — Arabic for “miracle.” The name is not only beautiful but also descriptive of her birth: She was born two days after her mother was declared brain dead.

Jayne Soliman, a former British figure skating champion, was 41 years old and looked to be in perfect health as she carried the child she and her husband, Mahmoud, had dreamed of having. She was 25 weeks pregnant and working at her job as a skating coach on Wednesday, Jan. 7, when trouble signs appeared, according to a story reported Thursday for TODAY by NBC News’ Dawna Friesen.

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In this case, both parents seem to really want to have the baby. I wonder if the mother's intent was not clear: will medics try to save the baby?

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In the US, that’s still a given. Under Obamacare, it may go like the UK.
In the UK, I think they’ll do a cost analysis first.