Baby Doe

Author : H William Taeusch

Paperback

Published : Wednesday 24 February 2021

ISBN : 9781627878135

Price : €14.03

Description

Its 1984, and after an unexpected pregnancy, assistant professor Sophia Shulder learns that her newborn baby has Down syndrome and life-threatening anomalies that require immediate risky surgeries. Under pressure to give consent, Sophia is not sure whether that is best for her baby, or for herself. The hospital, threatened by the Reagan administrations new "Baby Doe" laws, launches legal proceedings to force surgery. Is a severely disabled babys death ever preferable to life? Who decides?

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