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To: FreeMarket1

If this is all there is to the story, then the hospital should be treating the child if the parents want to. It didn't say all kids with this problem are doomed to death. Who in the hell in the hospital has the right to say this kid should be left to die against his parents' wishes?


6 posted on 02/18/2005 3:43:11 PM PST by Free and Armed
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To: Free and Armed
Who in the hell in the hospital has the right to say this kid should be left to die against his parents' wishes?

Well, likewise, who in the hell has the right to tell a hospital what it must and must not do? Must a doctor perform a medical treatment he is not ethically comfortable with?

11 posted on 02/18/2005 3:46:58 PM PST by mcg1969
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To: Free and Armed

How long should a baby have to suffer life support? Sometimes family members cannot let go, they cling to hope, sometimes false hope.

Indeed, where do you draw the line?


14 posted on 02/18/2005 3:48:46 PM PST by highlandbreeze
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