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Abby and Brittany Hensel

Abby and Brittany Hensel. Dicephalic Parapagus Twins. Anatomy. Controlling the body. Brittany and Abby control one side of their body Can’t feel if they touch the other side of the body In sync with one another--no one knows how. Complications. Removal of 3rd arm Surgery of spine

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Abby and Brittany Hensel

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  1. Abby and Brittany Hensel Dicephalic Parapagus Twins

  2. Anatomy

  3. Controlling the body • Brittany and Abby control one side of their body • Can’t feel if they touch the other side of the body • In sync with one another--no one knows how

  4. Complications • Removal of 3rd arm • Surgery of spine • Brittany had pneumonia--more susceptible to colds

  5. “When children ask the girls if they have two heads, they say they don’t but that each has their own head. That’s what we have encouraged them to do, to develop their own individuality as much as possible.” -Patty Hensel (Mother of twins)

  6. Social Perspective - “Normal” - Interests

  7. Social Perspective -Secret to their success? -Different personalities -Complementary - http://youtu.be/MQ5OdtikOnQ?t=15m47s

  8. Social Perspective -Complementary System Physical abilities Societal acceptance Personability, motivation, intelligence and flexibility

  9. Social Perspective Physical feats http://youtu.be/pv7hoTOveRs?t=34m37s

  10. Social Perspective -Education -Bethel University graduates -2 degrees in Education -Challenges finding a job -Q+A -Student approval -Unique advantages

  11. Social Perspective In regard to reproduction… -Little known -Professor at Northwestern University, Anne Dreger’s thought

  12. Ethical Implications of Conjoined Twins Specifically Separation

  13. Questions Big/Common Question: Should the parents decide or should they wait until the twins are old enough to decide for themselves? Another big one: One twin surviving to grow up normal VS. Both growing up together as conjoined twins

  14. What many people think Each case is looked at individually. In less extreme cases, twins should grow up to be old enough to decide separation for themselves. In most cases, severe medical concerns force parents to decide early on.

  15. Case: Bijani Twins Iranian, 29 year old conjoined twins at the skull. Underwent separation surgery under the care of 30 international professionals. Women were fully aware of risk and chance of survival (50%). Surgery was unsuccessful.

  16. Criticism Some say that the surgery should never have been attempted or that they were too optimistic. Others say it was just bad luck and just an uncontrollable, unfortunate outcome. Which would you say?

  17. Political Aspect Abby and Brittany • Choose to keep their life private • Refuse to: Answer any questions on reproductive system Have any tests done to avoid becoming a test subject

  18. Separation of Conjoined Twins Is it lawful to separate conjoined twins if it will save one child but be fatal to the other? Example Case: British Infants Jodie and Mary

  19. Mary and Jodie: Are a set of conjoined twins that share a fused spine and if the did not have a surgery to separate them they would both die. Mary has a flaccid heart, no working lungs and an underdeveloped brain. Thus she is being kept alive by Jodie’s heart and lungs.

  20. Controversial Questions Whose best interest is the surgery in? Is having a surgery knowing it would kill one twin considered murder?

  21. The Majority’s Answer 1. The act is needed to avoid inevitable and irreparable evil 2. No more should be done than is reasonably necessary for the purpose to be achieved 3. The evil inflicted must not be disproportionate to the evil avoided.

  22. Sources • http://web.ebscohost.com.wsuproxy.mnpals.net/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=5ba1f4f2-1b08-4f33-b150-6a8ad61e09f8%40sessionmgr4003&vid=6&hid=4206 • http://web.ebscohost.com.wsuproxy.mnpals.net/ehost/detail?sid=5ba1f4f2-1b08-4f33-b150-6a8ad61e09f8%40sessionmgr4003&vid=6&hid=4206&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=3629487 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/conjoined-twins-abby-and-brittany-hensel-1244025 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2185896/Extraordinary-conjoined-twins-expected-survive-infancy-star-reality-TV-charting-graduation-travels-Europe.html http://documentarystorm.com/abigail-brittany-hensel-the-twins-who-share-a-body/ http://www.buzzfeed.com/moonc/everything-about-conjoined-twins-abby-and-brittan-a1kb http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/abby-and-brittany

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