Jodie and Mary Conjoined Twins Multiple Births

Jodie and Mary Conjoined Twins Multiple Births

Jodie and Mary

Conjoined girls born in Manchester, UK, on August 8th, 2000. Mary did not have a functioning heart or lungs, and doctors estimated that Jodie's heart would fail within a few months from the strain of supplying both bodies. After a great deal of discussion and debate the Court of Appeals ordered separation surgery that resulted in Mary's immediate death, over the objections of the babies' parents. While court documents used pseudonyms, the girls were later disclosed to be Gracie and Rosie Attard, from a small island near Malya.

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- Discusses whether they should have been separated, and asks whether the separation was intentional killing, intentional mutilation, and whether it was obligatory.
- Discusses the issues in family and criminal law raised by this case, and the limitations of applying the law to these cases in the first case. [spiked liberties]
- Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz's analysis of whether it is permissible, under Jewish law, to sacrifice one twin to save the life of the other, using the Mary and Jodie case as an example.
- Overview of the case, diagram of the twins' bodies and shared circulatory system, and links to other coverage. [BBC News]
- Overview of the facts of the case, and update on 'Jodie', the surviving twin. [The Guardian]
- The baby known as 'Jodie' (Gracie Attard) in court papers, now ten months old, is progressing well and ready to leave hospital. [Telegraph]
- Full text of the judgment mandating separation, in the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division).

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