Accountability is one of the questions that the passage sends to the readers.
Should the law be
blamed, or should healthcare workers be held accountable because they are the ones who make the final decision? Other people would say that Florida should be held accountable for hindering the benefit of other children, mainly because they argue that the child will die anyway, and others could have benefited. The argument often relies upon practical approaches and defends parents’ decision to donate their dying child’s organs by arguing for the greater good. It is like the trolley dilemma that you will kill one person to save five people. If her organs are donated to other children, she can save them and prolong their lives, and we know that there is no chance for Baby Theresa to live longer, we can say it is ethically correct. On the other hand, other people would say that it is murder, but you can’t do anything in anencephaly syndrome. Baby Theresa was incapable of having ideas, feelings, or valuable experiences. Therefore, Baby Theresa would not gain from a longer life. As a result, taking her own life would not be harmful to her. The last main argument is that no one can hold parents to restrict what they want to do with their child because, in a sense, they own the child, but if there is a law that states otherwise, there is no other choice, right? But if the law is not included, it is for the parents to decide. If they want to donate the organs, then other people don't have the right to the parent’s decision. It seems even against the culture of where they are, they are the ones who will decide what will happen to the child.