Case 1: Baby T was born at 32 weeks gestation and, as predicted in prenatal screening, had (non-mosaic) trisomy 13 and a semi-lobar holoprosencephaly as well as microencephaly. The only indication that she is conscious is that she reacts to painful stimuli by crying and withdrawing, and with an increased heart rate. Her teenage parents, however, are angry and distrustful. They do not believe the doctors, nurses, and members of the ethics committee who agree that when Baby T is conscious she is in considerable pain and that her life-prolonging treatments have no prospect of improving her condition but merely of prolonging her dying. Although carefully and compassionately counseled before and after Baby T's birth about her condition, her parents insist that they want “everything done” because they believe their daughter will be “perfectly normal.”