Re A (conjoined twins) [2001] 2 WLR 480 is a Court of Appeal decision on the separation of conjoined twins. The case raised legal and ethical dilemmas. It was ruled it would be permissible to sever and thus kill in a palliative, sympathetic manner the weaker to save the much stronger. The case was among those where it would be lawful to act—conduct surgery—against the wishes of the parents. The prevailing orthodoxy within a faith, even that of the parents, was held not to be overriding, nor general applicability of the outcome to all such cases.
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| - Re A (conjoined twins) [2001] 2 WLR 480 is a Court of Appeal decision on the separation of conjoined twins. The case raised legal and ethical dilemmas. It was ruled it would be permissible to sever and thus kill in a palliative, sympathetic manner the weaker to save the much stronger. The case was among those where it would be lawful to act—conduct surgery—against the wishes of the parents. The prevailing orthodoxy within a faith, even that of the parents, was held not to be overriding, nor general applicability of the outcome to all such cases. (en)
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| - [2001] 2 WLR 480, [2000] 3 FCR 577, [2000] HRLR 721, [2001] Fam Law 18, [2000] Lloyd's Rep Med 425, [2001] Fam 147, [2000] EWCA Civ 254, 9 BHRC 261, 57 BMLR 1, [2000] 4 All ER 961, [2000] Lloyds Rep Med 425, [2001] 1 FLR 1, [2001] UKHRR 1 (en)
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| - Re A (conjoined twins) [2001] 2 WLR 480 is a Court of Appeal decision on the separation of conjoined twins. The case raised legal and ethical dilemmas. It was ruled it would be permissible to sever and thus kill in a palliative, sympathetic manner the weaker to save the much stronger. The case was among those where it would be lawful to act—conduct surgery—against the wishes of the parents. The prevailing orthodoxy within a faith, even that of the parents, was held not to be overriding, nor general applicability of the outcome to all such cases. (en)
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| - Appeal dismissed; however reasoning of single judge disapproved, decision made on fresh basis. (en)
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| - Declaration of lawfulness to proposed surgery in the High Court (en)
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