Jim, I do feel that maybe you got jumped on a little and suggestions like "troll" are a bit unfair but I can't see that you have helped your own cause. Perhaps you feel to strongly about this one and are a little too blinkered by your own world view.

Some of your suggestions seem to be that the girls were misled, either by doctors or by thier own religion (assumed as Islam). Let's not forget that they were qualified lawyers. Our backgrounds experiences in life do affect our views but surely these clearly intellegent people were far better placed that anyone else to make a rational choice about having this operation.

If you want to through the God line in, we must rememeber none of us KNOW what God's will is or even if God really exists. It is all down to belief.

From that I could suggest twins such as them could have religious beliefs that God intended them to be that way and they shouldn't be separated - I'd support their conviction. They could believe life is too difficult, they would rather be dead than continuing the existance and jump at a 50/50 chance - I'd support them. Even a doctor may feel this is too close to playing God or that they are giving the persons the greatest chance of a real life - either way, ultimately, I would support their choice.

For me, the only debatable areas would be if they had been put under undue pressure to accept the operation or given false information about thier chances of survival. I don't bleive that either of these occurred.

Elle, you ask about gods being brought into things. These things involve our own morals and beliefs. For those of us with religious beliefs, our ideas about our god is naturally going to play a part in it. It's not really any different to those who believe there is no god and argue thier morality from that view point. Whose to say who is right - can you guarantee me there is no god?