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British pro-lifers criticize legal system after twin’s death following separation By Paulinus Barnes Catholic News Service MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — British Catholic pro-life activists criticized the legal system that permitted an operation to separate Siamese twins, resulting in the death of the weaker twin. Dr. Tony Cole, chairman of the Joint Ethico-Medical Committee of the Catholic Union of Great Britain, warned that a fault had entered the British legal system and it would spread “like a computer virus.” The union is a nonpolitical lay Catholic association that monitors political and legal issues. Cole, a former master of the Guild of Catholic Doctors, told Catholic News Service that the outcome of the surgery should not be measured solely by the life of the survivor. He said the appeal court judgment, which finally gave the go-ahead for surgery, had shown the lack of protection in British law for the weak and the vulnerable. “This was a case of illegitimate means being used toward an otherwise acceptable end,” he said Nov 7.
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“No one wishes the parents, who refused more than one offer of abortion, anything but prayers and support. Their ordeal, away from their own country and crushed by the power of a foreign law, was truly terrible. We can only wish Jodie a good future. The real losers are conscientious parents, the weak, the dying and the very disabled,” said Cole. “Why, we ask, did this ever go to law when the palliative option was still open to all parties? It can only be that a decision based on love and faith was incomprehensible and somehow intolerable to a secular society,” he said. The 20-hour operation that began the morning of Nov. 6 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Manchester followed a series of court battles in which the parents of the 3-month-old twin girls had opposed the hospital’s plans to operate. The parents, devout Catholic from the Maltese island of Gozo, had said they did not want one of their daughters to die to save the life of the other. Doctors had warned that both girls — known only as “Jodie” and “Mary” — would die unless the operation went ahead. The twins were joined at the abdorenewal. Holy Infant Parish embraces its call to be hospitable, inclusive and Christ-centered. This position works closely with the Pastor and a collaborative and supportive staff. Requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field although a master’s degree is preferred. Must have music performance skill (e.g. piano, voice); choral directing; cantor training; knowledge of Catholic rites and rituals. Available no later than November 1, 2000. Salary commensurate with education and experience. Benefits package included. Send resume to: DOMM Search Committee, Holy Infant Catholic Church, 5000 Southpark Dr., Durham, NC 27713. Fax 919/5441799. References required at time of application for consideration for this position. Local exchange coordinator: Part-time, home based employment as a foreign student exchange coordinator. If you enjoy international travel, youth, education, you will excel at finding host families for students for a nonprofit organization. For details, contact; Annemarie at 800-632-0540, or achwarzkopf@mediaone.net.
men with arms and legs at right angles to their joined upper bodies, while their spines were fused. A hospital spokeswoman confirmed Nov. 7 that the marathon operation had gone ahead, and that Mary, the weaker twin, had died. Jodie was said to be critically ill but making good progress. On Nov. 3 the Pro-Life Alliance failed in two court attempts to halt the operation. Josephine Quintaville, spokeswoman for the group, told British Broadcasting Corp. News Nov. 7 that Pro-Life Alliance members were “personally devastated” by Mary’s death. “We are quite scandalized by the quote from the hospital that everything was done by the surgical team to save Mary’s life. They went into the operation knowing full well that it would kill Mary. They even went to court to get permission to kill her and now that has been achieved,” she said. “The fact that the operation went ahead does no credit to the English medical or judicial system,” said Quintaville.
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