Andrew Bedner
Male, Person
1981 –
Who is Andrew Bedner?
Andrew Bedner is an American man at the center of a bioethical controversy regarding the rights of parents to make medical decisions for children they have allegedly abused.
In August 2008, Bedner, a resident of White River Junction, Vermont, was charged with intentionally injuring his eight-week-old daughter during a beating. The child's injuries proved severe, and Beder faced a long prison sentence if convicted, but he did not face murder charges, as his critically ill daughter, C.B., remained on life support.
The state of New Hampshire, where the child was hospitalized, sought to exclude Bedner from decisions regarding whether to remove his daughter from life support, citing his inherent conflict of interest in the case, because the girl's death might lead to a murder charge. The girl eventually did die, but the case generated considerable public debate and stimulated a controversy among bioethics scholars.
Dr. Jacob Appel of Mount Sinai Hospital used the case to launch a drive for revising statutes governing parental decision-making in cases where abuse is alleged.
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