Category: Brain Death

By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition An article by Randy Dotinga, that was published on September 28 by Medpage Today examines a new “brain death” protocol that blurs the line between life and death. Dotinga explains: With little attention or debate, transplant surgeons across the country are experimenting with a kind of partial resurrection: They’re …

By Michael Cook  Never simple, brain death in UK babies is being reviewed after a 3-month-old baby was declared “brain dead” due to “irreversible cessation of brain stem functioning” – yet started to breathe independently. According to Clare Dyer in the BMJ, Joe Brierley, a pediatrician at Great Ormond Street Hospital, was appointed to study …

By Michael Cook The United Kingdom is once again debating brain death. In recent years there have been several high-profile disputes between parents who want to keep their child alive and the National Health Service. Charlie Gard, Alfie Evans, Pippa Knight , and  are the best-known names. At the centre of the latest heart-rending fight …

By Michael Cook The United Kingdom is once again debating brain death. In recent years there have been several high-profile disputes between parents who want to keep their child alive and the National Health Service. Charlie Gard, Alfie Evans, Pippa Knight , and are the best-known names. At the centre of the latest heart-rending fight …

By Paul Smeaton ANN ARBOR, Michigan, October 16, 2019 – Bobby Reyes, a 14-year-old boy from Michigan who doctors declared “brain dead,” died yesterday after a judge dismissed his family’s court case asking he be given more time. The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital removed his ventilator just hours later. The case was …