Posted on 03/21/2005 5:14:06 PM PST by ambrose
Suppose she had been sane as a judge (well, Greer excepted) and yet wanted this. Would that have made it better?
Broken bones, signs of strangulation, No CPR administered, the cremation outrage, and recent, hot: ACCIDENTAL CONFESSION ON LARRY KING?....And many quotes with info I was not aware of have been pasted there.
This is a very different case to that of Terri.
Terri is not being kept alive artificially, as this poor little baby was.
Even the Catholic Church accepts it's beyond reason to keep someone alive artificially - as distinct from starving a patient to death. VERY, VERY BIG DIFFERENCE
All you have to say are seven words, and you're a bioethicist..."I wouldn't want to live that way."
The two cases are not similar at all.
I agree. The children of people who you feel are psychos should be terminated. Even if the children are healthy. Right on brother! You get to decide who lives. Yeah, Baby!
how long did it take the baby to die after the artifical breathing apparatus was removed?
"I think the most unselfish, loving act of all is to let a terminal loved one go with as much grace and dignity as possible."
There is a BIG difference in the Terri Schiavo case which I don't know that you are considering . . . Terri is NOT terminal.
Letting them go is one thing, and making them go is another.
If the state is paying, the state will pursue it's interest to cut costs. What more do you need to know as you place your foot on the top of this slippery slope?
From what I understood, the baby was terminal and did have a chance.
IMO, the hospital did the right thing.
Neither did that Superman guy
That Superman guy had a fully developed set of lungs & a fully developed heart...something the Hudson baby never would have had.
From what I understood, the baby was terminal and did not have a chance.
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If you think this child was healthy, you are terribly misimformed.
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?
First of all, I do not know what happens to a baby who dies. I really don't. Christians do not hold that "innocent" people go to heaven, because there are no innocent people, "for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23. Rather, those who do go to heaven do so, not through their own "innocence" or righteousness, but through the atoning sacrifice that Jesus made; one that must be accepted by those who want it. Jesus said "I am the way the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me." (John 14:6).
Secondly, the Bible teaches us that human life is inherently valuable (a better question, though admittedly somewhat off topic, would be how can any true-blue Darwinist defend medicine of any kind?), due to passages like "And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." (Genesis 1:27), "Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God, He made man." (Genesis 9:6), "the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough-" (Psalm 49:8), and "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
As a final note, for my few minutes on the soap-box, this case as well as the Terri Schiavo case display a trend about our nation: a total disregard for the lives of those considered inferior. When a nation begins to turn and slay the weakest, the most helpless among them (those that they have the greatest charge to care for and protect), it has violated the most essential of God's laws, and has become completely barbaric.
If you think that whether this child was healthy or not is an issue, you are terribly misinformed.
I have to agree with you. This baby had no chance to live and the lungs were so poorly developed. I had a friend who's baby dies right at birth because the lungs were to small and not fully developed. In a situation like this I think there is a time to let go. I believe Terri's case to be different in that she canb reath on her own. Huge difference!
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