What Was the Rationale for the Baby Doe Rules

question 15

Multiple Choice

What was the rationale for the Baby Doe rules?

• A) To protect the interests of disabled newborns from medical neglect
• B) To protect the interests of disabled newborns from discrimination on the basis of their disabilities
• C) Both A and B
• D Neither A nor B

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