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Hospital ends life support of baby; 1st U.S. case of its kind is against mom's wish
KVUE ^ | 3.15.05

Posted on 03/21/2005 5:14:06 PM PST by ambrose

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1 posted on 03/21/2005 5:14:06 PM PST by ambrose
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To: Howlin
Mr. Caballero said he was a solo practitioner without the resources to go forward. "I only have two arms and two legs," he said. He expressed disappointment that groups interested in right-to-life issues did not come forward to help him.

Some people apparently are more worthy of "saving" than others...

2 posted on 03/21/2005 5:16:05 PM PST by ambrose (....)
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Don't stir the pot, Ambrose.


3 posted on 03/21/2005 5:16:13 PM PST by annyokie (Laissez les bons temps rouler !)
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To: ambrose

I just happend to have this link handy from a Terri Thread.
I'm assuming (not sure) that this is the law they are talking about.

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/HS/content/htm/hs.002.00.000166.00.htm

To find the section, do a search for the phrase "When There Is A Disagreement About Medical Treatment"


4 posted on 03/21/2005 5:19:04 PM PST by ndt
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To: ambrose

this baby had a terminal condition that was tragic...I think it would have been more cruel to subject the baby to anymore measures.....he is in God's Kingdom now.


5 posted on 03/21/2005 5:20:59 PM PST by NorCalRepub
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To: ambrose
"It's a first in the United States," he said.

But, definitely not the last.

This is the slippery slope that started in Europe, and found its way here. This baby is probably a "test case", and who knows what baby is next?

6 posted on 03/21/2005 5:22:19 PM PST by Noachian (To Control the Judiciary The People Must First Control The Congress)
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To: ambrose
If this wasn't a case for pulling the plug, nothing is. It's ridiculous how this played out.

The mother is a psycho who claimed that the baby would never die. She also claimed the Sun was the baby's father, never explaining how she got close enough to copulate.

The baby had an accute case of this affliction, and not one doctor in the entire country suggested that the baby wasn't terminal.

This was the biggest waste of legal and medical resources in recent history.

7 posted on 03/21/2005 5:23:51 PM PST by Dog Gone
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See what is happening in this country. It will not be long before they will start putting down, excuse me, euthanizing people like alzheimers patients, the mentally retarded, the ugly, the fat, etc.

When will it end.

8 posted on 03/21/2005 5:24:20 PM PST by technomage
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To: ambrose

Some people apparently are more worthy of "saving" than others...


Nazi Germany Part II.


9 posted on 03/21/2005 5:24:28 PM PST by JonDavid
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To: NorCalRepub
this baby had a terminal condition that was tragic...I think it would have been more cruel to subject the baby to anymore measures.....he is in God's Kingdom now.

This is exactly the reasoning those who want to kill Terri use. Why should the government have this right?

10 posted on 03/21/2005 5:26:23 PM PST by Americalover
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Well thank GOD the Fed didn't get involved! Whoo! Now THAT would have been AWFUL! Who cares about a baby, it's a state's rights issue! Wow, we dodged a bullet on this one--the nation would have crumbled if some federal judge got involved, that's all I can say, since that's the most important thing! Whew!


11 posted on 03/21/2005 5:26:33 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Agnostic for life)
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To: ambrose

I heard Boortz mention that.

"Some people apparently are more worthy of "saving" than others..."

It isn't a question of worth. It's a question of awareness. Do you realize how much was going on while Clinton was in office? Even a Partial Birth Abortion ban was a knock-down-drag-out fight. You think people didn't or don't care? Think again!

Then there is the 'anchor baby' problem. While Bush doesn't take borders seriously, he did have to keep the hospitals running.

Lastly, but this won't matter to Boortz, the parents in this case want to cover the costs. That's a big difference in my book.


12 posted on 03/21/2005 5:26:37 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (<<<< Profile page streamlined, solely devoted Schiavo research)
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Ping. This is something Boortz brought up to undermine pro-life credibility. FReegards....


13 posted on 03/21/2005 5:28:44 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (<<<< Profile page streamlined, solely devoted Schiavo research)
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To: Americalover

I understand but his condition was inoperable and incurable etc.....Terri is an adult, this baby would not have survived period, the lungs would not have grown....sometimes I think love means not letting one suffer as well if possible......


14 posted on 03/21/2005 5:30:27 PM PST by NorCalRepub
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To: Noachian

Babies, young children, teens, young adults, and on up to geriatrics. The slippery slope will not "err on the side of life" but of death.


15 posted on 03/21/2005 5:30:35 PM PST by sarasota
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To: ambrose
Ms. Hudson's lawyer, Mr. Caballero, is also involved in another Houston case, that of 68-year-old Spiro Nikolouzos, a retired electrical engineer. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital wants to remove him from life support, but the patient's wife, Jannette, has gone to court to force continued care.

Mr. Nikolouzos was moved to Avalon Place, a nursing home in San Antonio yesterday. It is one of eight homes in TX which can care for patients on ventilators.

16 posted on 03/21/2005 5:30:39 PM PST by sockmonkey
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Florida's Medicare is going to pay Teri's bills.

George W. Bush signed that bill into law. It does say some lives are more valuable than others, which is despicable.


17 posted on 03/21/2005 5:30:45 PM PST by Americalover
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To: Darkwolf377

oh stop.....your sarcasm is noted big guy.......you were being sarcastic weren't you?????????.......LOL


18 posted on 03/21/2005 5:31:33 PM PST by NorCalRepub
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To: ambrose
Well, at least in this case it was a breathing machine, and it was a law put in place by the legislature not a judicial decree.

Really feel for the mom-must be difficult.

19 posted on 03/21/2005 5:31:42 PM PST by housewife101
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To: NorCalRepub
He is in God's Kingdom now.

If people really, deeply believe there is a heaven, and that innocent people who die will spend eternity in the glory of God's presence, why do they simultaneously work so hard to keep the Terri Schiavos of the world in this world?

20 posted on 03/21/2005 5:31:57 PM PST by Wolfstar (If you can lead, do it. If you can't, follow. If you can't do either, become a Democrat.)
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