That would have entailed the prolonging (for another 20-or-so weeks) and significant worsening of a situation already described by the over-seeing doctors as "going from the extreme to the grotesque" and getting into "experimental medicine". The state would essentially have been withholding the rotting corpse of a dead woman from her grieving family (against their will) and a dignified farewell. The following exceptionally grim description of the situation was outlined in an article in the Irish Independent prior to the court's decision: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news...-30859431.html
To be honest, I'm not sure how anyone, never mind her family (with legal rights), could find such a grave and tragic situation palatable. Indeed, I don't think anyone did.Originally Posted by Dearbhail McDonald and Shane Phelan
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