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Meanwhile, back again in Britain, doctors at an national healthcare hospital left a newborn baby to die because he was born too prematurely--and, when challenged, they perfunctorily cited national guidelines for limiting perinatal care. According to the guidelines published by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, for babies born before twenty-two weeks gestation, it "would be considered in the best interests of the baby, and standard practice, for resuscitation not to be carried out."
