Murder is murder

I have been following the tragic story of Angela and Amy, the Siamese twins born joined at the chest, who shared a diseased heart and other vital organs. With the parents’ permission, a team of experts decided to separate the twins, giving one the possible chance of life and the other certain death, because they did not have a heart for each infant. The blood supple to Amy’s brain was cut off, killing her, and Angela was given the heart and other vital organs and the sole privilege of life.

What have we, as a society, come to? Have we moved past persecuting and shooting doctors who perform abortions on unborn children to supporting the killing of an infant who had already been born and had been breathing the sweet gift of life for many months?…

Amy’s life was ended to try to save her stronger sister. Amy was alive, and she died at the hands of doctors. Is this acceptable because it did not happen at the hands of a criminal? Murder is murder any way you put it.

Siamese twin separation should only be allowd if both twins have equal chances of survival. Amy is already dead and if Angela does not survive, was it worth it? And, if by some miracle of God she does survive to grow up, can little Angela live with the fact that her twin sister was chosen to die, so that she might live? I feel that this whole incident is a tragic event in human history and a sick endeavor for the field of medical science, because we have always known and followed one simple rule: Organ donors have to be dead before their organs can be removed and given to someone else. Amy was alive, and they killed her to free up her half of the shared vital organs for her twin sister. I hope they’re happy. Sharon Doiron Wellington