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 the doctors to go ahead with the separation was appealed by the parents. The judges of the appeal court led to the same decision but for different reasons from each other. …
