Jodie and Mary were conjoined twins. Mary was alive only because she was sharing a common artery with her sister. She could not rely on her own heart and lungs and without the oxygenated blood that she was taking from Jodie, she would eventually die. The only solution was the recommended by the doctors' separation but would have as a consequence to kill Mary. The primary decision of the Judge to give the right to …showed first 75 words of 1749 total…

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