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To: grassboots.org

No, I didn't mean that. If there is clear proof that someone would have wanted to continue living, despite severe suffering, then there should be no government interference with private money being used for that purpose. However, in the absence of such proof, I think it's appropriate to let nature take its course, and not let family members who may be harboring unrealistic hopes of recovery and/or trying to impose their beliefs on a relative who is not known to have shared those beliefs, force that person to endure suffering much longer than nature intended. However, the law needs to clearly spell out what proof of "severe suffering" is required for such intervention, and who makes the determination -- currently it doesn't do so anywhere that I'm aware of.


19 posted on 04/01/2005 11:03:48 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: GovernmentShrinker
If there is clear proof that someone would have wanted to continue living With all due respect I believe you still have it wrong. The burden of proof is exactly backwards - You have to prove that you would want to live if you are suffering? That is more than a concession to the death industry - it is part and parcel of their point of view.
21 posted on 04/01/2005 11:11:59 AM PST by grassboots.org (I'll Say It Again - The first freedom is life.)
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