Sorry if the title is either too graphic or too vague, I struggled to word it appropriately.
I have found a reported story today, originally in the Metro but unfortunately, stemming from the DM. I can't find a better source, but here's the link for those who don't mind: Link
Basically, pregnant women with babies diagnosed with severe conditions incompatible with life - anencephaly was used as an example - will be "supported" to choose to carry the baby to term, so its organs can be used for donation.
A quote (for those who won't click the link): At the moment, doctors will not raise the issue of donation with expectant mothers first, but wait for the women to approach the NHS transplant service themselves. However, that could change. Mr Ahmad [transplant surgeon, Leeds] told The Mail on Sunday: 'There is a real potential for using these organs [and] we are going to discuss whether it is an option, somehow, to tell women in this situation, that organ donation is an option.'
The argument is pragmatic - so many children need organs and there may be some good to come from such pregnancies etc etc. But this has provoked a very visceral (negative) reaction in me.
Am I being unreasonable to say "No no no, this should never happen. No woman facing such a diagnosis for their unborn child should have to have this conversation"?