Bone Test to Aid Dying Boy Barred
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that 3-year-old twins cannot be forced to undergo tests to determine whether they are suitable bone marrow donors for their dying 12-year-old half-brother.
The high court upheld a lower court ruling that said forcing James and Allison Curran to undergo compatibility testing would be an unacceptable invasion of their privacy.
The decision came in the case of Jean-Pierre Bosze, who is dying from a rare form of leukemia. The youngster’s father, Tamas, sued, trying to force Nancy Curran, the mother of twins he fathered, to allow her children to undergo compatibility testing.
“It’s apparent that Nancy’s legal case was stronger than ours but it’s also clear to me that her moral case has no basis at all,” said Edward Jordan, Bosze’s attorney.
Curran said during lengthy hearings on the case that she sympathized with the plight of the boy, who turns 13 on Sunday, but she did not want to risk any danger to her twins.
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