http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...t-switched-off
Clearly the right decision in my opinion. Thoughts? Should the constitution be amended for these situations?Ireland’s high court has ruled that doctors can switch off the life support machine of a brain dead woman who is 18 weeks pregnant.
The landmark judgment is a serious challenge to the Irish constitution which gives a mother and an unborn child equal rights.
On Friday the three judges, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, Ms Justice Marie Baker and Ms Justice Caroline Costello, granted the woman’s family’s wish that she be allowed to die.