redrumloa wrote:
Jeeez, does that raise alot of ehical questions.. A 'parisite head' that responds with blinking and smiling? Was it an actual second human with it's own thinking? Should we be killing it(him/her) is it was a consious human being :-?
This isn't precident setting. A lot of conjoined twins are seperated that severely reduces the chance of survival for one of them in favour of the other, especially where vital organs are concerned.
My personal feelings about it aside, logically the undeveloped twin here would have died if s/he had gestated independently without developing a funtioning body. The question then arises, does this twin pose a danger to the the fully developed sibling (thus risking both their lives) and irrespective of this, does the full twin have the right to live independantly of her conjoined sibling and the complications caused?
