Ethical Dilemma:
Due to complications, Baby A has to be delivered at 25 weeks. He is not able to breathe on his own, and is put into an incubator and on to a ventilator in the hospital’s Special Care Baby Unit. Mrs B comes to the antenatal clinic for a scan at 20 weeks of pregnancy. She can see her foetus in detail on the monitor: it is sucking its thumb, and she can see clearly that it is a boy. She is told that all is well.
Question. Should Baby A and Foetus B both be given the same protection in law?
Question. Is each a human being?
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