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Originally posted by honeychile
How terribly sad, both for the women involved, and for their family.
Was any reason given as to why the operation wasn't tried while they were still infants? I have to admit, if they were my babies, I'd take the risk, too.
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When they were young, their father took them to a lot of doctors. Many of the doctors said they'd be unable to do the surgery. I think at that time the technology was not advanced enough to. Their father (adopted) also met with Ayatollah Khomeini in France and the Ayatollah said it would not be permitted to go against G-d and perform the surgery.
Advance many years until now. The doctors made many technological and surgical improvements and thought they'd be able to offer a 50/50 survival rate for seperating the twins. The father was against it but it was the twins that wanted it so bad. They spent many months getting tested physically and psychologically before being accepted for the surgery.
-Rudey
--It is really, really sad.