Her death raised powerful questions about the ethical and economic costs of separation. For others, it was worth the pain and suffering. The medical community believes that the skills and knowledge acquired from surgeries like the one that separated Angela and Amy would aid in future attempts. The challenge for many observers lies in the conflict between the desire to help medically fragile conjoined twins like Angela and Amy, and the need to justify the emotional and economic costs of their care. There are numerous conjoined twins in today's society.
Surgical separations occur more frequently and with greater success than before.
Conjoined twins remain a topic of scientific speculation, public interest, and an image of two minds in the same body. Pingree, A. 1996. Wallace, I. and Wallace, A. 1978.