Summary: This article goes into detail about the case, rulings and ethical issues regarding the Baby Doe law. The case started in 1982 when a child, baby doe, was born with down syndrome and esophageal atresia. After the parents rejected treatment for the child, which would allow the child to perish, the case was taken to trial and went through local court, the Indiana Supreme court, and was set to go to the United State Supreme court. Unfortunately, the child passed before the case could be heard in the U.S Supreme Court. The issue received so much media attention that Ronald Reagan stated that the case violated the Rehabilitation Act. The case was later addressed when the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and stated that infants with
