Question

At 19 weeks pregnant, Royce Young and his wife, Keri, found out that their unborn daughter had a rare birth defect called anencephaly, a condition in which the baby will be born with an underdeveloped brain and an incomplete skull. Their options were either to terminate the pregnancy or to give birth and the baby would soon die. The Youngs decided to continue with the pregnancy and, once the baby was born, donate her organs. The baby would not be able to survive on her own once born and would be dependent on life-sustaining equipment until her organs could be donated. The baby was unexpectedly stillborn, and none of her organs could be used for donation.

 

Owing to the shortage of organs, did the Youngs make the most moral and ethical decision in planning on donating their terminally ill daughter's organs?

Is it unethical to artificially sustain the baby's life for the purpose of organ donation?

Answer 1

Anencephaly is a birth delect · The babies who are are suffering from anencephaly have underdeveloped Neural tube, which result in being born woith under developed brain,skull and spinal cord →0 Due to the shortage of organs people are encouraged to donate organs · Yes Youngs make the moral and ethical decision to I donate their daughter's organs. No anencephaly babies survived more than a week the only exception is a baby girl named gabriel who sconvived 2.5 yrs by. extensive health supporto Their decision is made from good heart as they thought that their ill child can give life to many others. ©→ It is unethical to sustain the baby's life for the purpose of organ donation : Using medication or using ventilation to sustain anencephaly child life for organs is unethically and is not supported along with pending the death declaration is unethical