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To: deannadurbin
A feeding tube in your stomach is not nature either. At least I know that I dont seem to have one.

I'm not criticizing people like you who are supporting her. I just pray that I never find myself on either side of a situation like this.

To all. Do your loved ones a favor and write out a living will, and be specific. Dont make them agonize over a situation like this.
22 posted on 10/18/2003 8:16:42 AM PDT by heckler (wiskey for my men, beer for my horses)
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To: heckler
>>A feeding tube in your stomach is not nature either.

Neither is starvation and dehydration.

>>At least I know that I dont seem to have one.

Even if you did it wouldn't mean that you are unworthy to have life.


25 posted on 10/18/2003 8:22:24 AM PDT by deannadurbin
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To: heckler
Do your loved ones a favor and write out a living will

A living will could be your death sentence. Legally, any "irreversible condition" such as a limp or high blood pressure qualifies you as a "terminal patient". And "no heroic measures" has often been interpreted as no water or food. What is a person to do? Go to the web site for the National Right to Life Committee (www.nrlc.org) and download a will to live for the state you live in. Then, and only then, you'll know that your wishes will be followed.

26 posted on 10/18/2003 8:26:58 AM PDT by Former Fetus (aren't we all?)
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To: heckler
The judge won't let the staff give her food or water by mouth, either. That is evil. Anyone that says it isn't hasn't thought through the ramifications. A baby can't feed himself. How far are we going to let this go?
41 posted on 10/18/2003 9:24:09 AM PDT by UnsinkableMollyBrown
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To: heckler
A feeding tube in your stomach is not nature either. At least I know that I dont seem to have one.

Diabetics taking insulin is not nature either. So do you think my son should be allowed to die?

Lots of people work and live with the use of feeding tubes, people like Rose Kennedy, who used one for years.

Feeding tubes, Neither new nor rare

Feeding tubes have been used for 100 years and about 848,000 people in this country should be killed, according to your statement, if they are so "not nature".

Geeze, get an education next time. :-)

60 posted on 10/18/2003 10:38:34 AM PDT by MarMema (KILLING ISN'T MEDICINE)
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