Its a bit like the situation over abortion. The parents are allowed to act selfishly until a number of weeks into pregnancy. At which point the parents are re

Its a bit like the situation over abortion. The parents are allowed to act selfishly until a number of weeks into pregnancy. At which point the parents are required by law to act in the best interest of the child, which undoubtedly wants to survive. This is only ethically challenging is you believe that parents should act in a wholly unselfish manner, which is an unreasonable expectation. Doctors should do what is in the best interest of the parents, until such a point that the interest of the child is legally identified.