Heartbreaking choice: The woman who terminated her baby to save her brother... but did she make the right ethical decision?

She agreed, Husband agreed. Was for a good purpose rather then for selfish reasons.

What a life altering decision. On one hand you have a known quantity, a brother you have known and loved for a lifetime. On the other hand an unborn child. A little life you have never known and may never get to know. Hopefully everything works out for the best.

No one knows what they would do until they are faced with this heart breaking choice . Praying her for brother x

This is very tough, but looking at it from all points of view I think she did the only thing she could. How could she let her brother die knowing she could have done something that could have saved him. That would have hung over her for the rest of her life and could very well have affected her relationship with her child. She was very early along in her pregnancy and without sounding flippant she will no doubt have other children, it sounds callous and I really don't mean it to, but her brother would be irreplaceable.... I would have saved my sibling.

Why is this even up for debate? It was her and her family's decision, no-one else has a right to push their ideas or thoughts onto this.

Oh my goodness, what a decision to have to make.I wouldn't want to even think what I would do in such an awful predicament.

What a dreadful decision for the poor woman to have had to make. I wouldn't like to do it. As for all the judgement on here, until you have been faced with such a thing yourselves you cannot judge her and definitely not him. She did what she felt was right, that's that. Now be supportive of the poor woman. She has lost a much wanted baby so her much wanted brother could live. Her option, her choice. I'm just very thankful to God I've never had to make such a decision and my attitude is to support her in whatever she decided to do. I support her. I just hope the brother lives and then she goes on to have another baby to full term and healthy. And may God forgive all you harsh judgemental people who think they know it all. YOU DON'T.

You can't have it all in life.....everyday you gotta make a choice & live with its consequences but she did the right thing !

Poor woman. I hope she's ok.

I'm on the bone marrow registry. I highly recommend that anyone who is able, to please join, especially those of mixed heritage. I grieve for every individual, especially the children, who is lost because no match is found. Many of them are of mixed heritage or a minority background.I am sorry for the heartbreaking and difficult decision that this woman had to make. I wish the whole family strength and courage for the difficult road ahead.

Touching story, but dreadful journalism; social media is polarised, and worse still, haring??!!

Unless you have been in this horrible heart breaking situation, no one can comment anything negative without looking like an idiot

Wow, I can't even begin to think how it would feel. Brave and awful decision to make whichever choice she had made.

What a heartbreaking decision.

What a terrible decision to have to make. Heartbreaking. I hope the future is bright for all those involved.

A decision like that really is the hardest decision ever to make. I hope she doesn't have negative outcomes and so on and comes to terms with her choices. Good luck and hope her brother makes a recovery.

Bad break but let's me honest, people terminate pregnancies for far more trivial reasons

It's her and her husband's choice. But why was it splashed all over the media? Isn't this really a private issue?

Could never imagine myself in her shoes.... absolutely devastating.

I honestly don't know how anybody would criticise this terribly difficult scenario. My thoughts are with this family and I hope everything works out.