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Only around 25 cases of brain death or coma during pregnancy have been made public since the 1970s and they tend to end in miscarriages or deformed babies, the clinic said.
Doctors hail world first as comatose German gives birth by AFP / AFP Global Edition
The final draft of the law said that brain death constitutes actual death, which triggered objections from some MPs.
Shoura Council MPs at loggerheads over organ transplant law by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
The medical concept of brain death remains controversial in Japan, where many religious groups argue that a person is deceased only when their heart has stopped beating and their lungs no longer function.
Japan parliament to vote on organ transplant law by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
 
 
 
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