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To: markomalley

I wrote in the belief that the consensus medical opinion on Haleigh was that without a ventilator she would only live a few more weeks or months.


12 posted on 12/13/2005 8:44:41 AM PST by wideawake
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To: wideawake

Understand. Just that IMO, there is a huge difference between a feeding tube and a ventilator (I am trying to stay very consistent with my statements surrounding the Schiavo case). If a ventilator was involved, the case would be a lot more open-and-shut for pulling the plug, particularly considering the girl does not apparently have any competent private guardian (bio-mother gave her up -- therefore no rights, adoptive mother dead, the man in the case is only a step-dad and, therefore, has no legal standing, apparently no grandparents or siblings of the adoptive mother to take charge).

A tough case I would think...


13 posted on 12/13/2005 8:57:49 AM PST by markomalley (Vivat Iesus!)
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