Right, it might make sense to save an infant (although it makes a lot more economic sense for women who cannot have healthy children to adopt instead).
But the bigger question is why we spend so much money to prolong the life of someone who's in their 70s or 80s (and often suffering and in pain) for another couple of years, or even just months.
Human folly has lead to a variety of illogical practices, many of which have been stamped out over the centuries. There's no reason the same couldn't be done here.
But the bigger question is why we spend so much money to prolong the life of someone who's in their 70s or 80s (and often suffering and in pain) for another couple of years, or even just months.