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To: BykrBayb
Very little risk of euthanasia, but they will terminate life support if they decide she is brain dead as opposed to merely severely brain damaged. But brain death is required.

There is really no possibility of euthanasia in the near future. One Australian territory did legalise euthanasia for a time, but the Federal Parliament intervened to make it illegal again.

13 posted on 02/18/2005 2:40:53 AM PST by naturalman1975 (Sure, give peace a chance - but si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: naturalman1975

Ah, thanks for clearing that up. It's become fairly common here to remove life support from brain damaged patients. Quite often, those responsible claim the patient was brain dead, when they're not. Some in the media are still claiming Terri Schiavo is brain dead, even though there are videos of her interacting with people.


15 posted on 02/18/2005 2:44:39 AM PST by BykrBayb (5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 am EDT, until she's safe. http://www.terrisfight.org)
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