My Sister’s Keeper—Who Gets to Live?
My Sister’s Keeper, a 2009 film based on the Jodi Picoult novel of the same name, and directed by Nick Cassavetes, is a family saga. The film explores the harrowing decision involving a minor’s forced organ donation and the right to medical emancipation. My Sister’s Keeper is the painful “Sophie’s Choice” of asking to choose just one of your treasured children’s lives. What is a parent willing to do to save the life of a child with a bleak, painful future, and imminent death around the corner?
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