Download or read book Baby Doe written by H. William Taeusch and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-21 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1984, and after an unexpected pregnancy, assistant professor Sophia Shulder learns that her newborn baby has Down syndrome and life-threatening anomalies that require immediate risky surgeries. Under pressure to give consent, Sophia is not sure whether that is best for her baby, or for herself. The hospital, threatened by the Reagan administration's new "Baby Doe" laws, launches legal proceedings to force surgery. Is a severely disabled baby's death ever preferable to life? Who decides?