To: sunnysky
Think of it like this, an 80 something (?) man - who's lead a full life is afforded a FT to extend his life while a 30 something (?) female is being denied a right to life by denying her the same treatment.
73 posted on
03/29/2005 11:49:33 AM PST by
azhenfud
("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
To: azhenfud
Careful there friend, you are wading into quality of life arguments. But you are precisely right in doing so. In many very similar situations to Terri, Catholic morality does call for judgment based on circumstances of life. A young parent with children whom he or she can still interact with and guide could hardly have him or herself taken off a feeding tube or not have one started. OTOH, I believe an elderly person under different "extenuating circumstances" could refuse food and water through a tube.
To: All
I'll say, the Pope SHOULD NOT get a feeding tube. A belief in the continued dogma re: artificial birth control should preclude non-flesh, blood, bone, et. al. devices to extend life.
78 posted on
03/29/2005 11:55:51 AM PST by
olde north church
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To: azhenfud
30 something (?) female Terri is 41, she was 26 when all this started.
145 posted on
03/29/2005 6:33:04 PM PST by
El Gato
(Activist Judges can twist the Constitution into anything they want ... or so they think.)
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