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The parents of “Baby Theresa” --an anencephalic infant-- requested that her organs be donated

before her natural biological death (otherwise, the organs would not be usable). Florida law
prohibits this, and so she died nine days later and her organs could not be used. For me, the parents'
decision to volunteer baby Theresa's organs for transplant is wrong.

Theresa's condition was never in question, that's why her parents decided to not abort her so that
they can used her organs for immediate transplant to other babies who need hearts, livers, kidneys
and corneas. But are we sure that her organs will function well or match with the other babies or will
not experienced complications or will be healthy ? Yes, we all know that the baby will die very early,
but death is not a matter of fact, it's a matter of values. "Baby Theresa was going to die", will never
be a reason to give someone a permission to kill a baby for some means. The intentions of the parent
was not bad, but their decision was wrong. Even though baby Theresa doesn't have a complete
organs, she is still a person because two persons created her, so she is still covered by the protection
of the law since the day she was born. Her organs was not wasted, but instead her life was respected.
If she undergone organ harvesting, we take very early the life she wish to have. Others may say that
the decision of the state of Florida is so impractical, that they should agree with the request of the
parents but

Lacking a brain, Theresa was not really a human being -- and thus not entitled to the protections
accorded human beings -- in the first place. Dr. Robert J. Levine, Yale professor of medical ethics, told
the New York Times that an anencephalic "has more in common with a fish than a person."

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