 Cases have arisen in which a pregnant woman has zero decisional capacity and no hope of future agency, for instance when she is in a long-term persistent vegetative state or has suffered frontal brain death and is being kept alive artificially (for recent case studies see, e.g., Said et al. 2013; Esmaeilzadeh et al. 2010). The central questions raised in such cases include whether it is ethical to keep a pregnant woman alive for the sole purpose of continuing the pregnancy, who should make this determination, and which considerations should factor into that decision. One recent case demonstrates the continuing power of fetal protections in contexts where anti-abortion laws are still in place. In 2013, a woman from Texas became braindead at 14 weeks pregnant, and was kept on life-support against her and her family's wishes, until it was established that her fetus was also brain dead (Ecker 2014). In many situations, however, the woman's preference will remain unclear. In 1992, a pregnant German woman suffered brain death in a car accident that did no apparent damage to the fetus, and debate ensued over whether to keep her alive artificially so that the ‘Erlanger baby’ could continue to gestate (Anstötz 1993). (The woman miscarried while the debate was still in progress.) Other recent medical attempts to continue fetal gestation in the wake of maternal brain death have enjoyed some success (Esmaeilzadeh et al. 2010).