[8mmMauser]

Thread from beaversmom:

Infant Of Brain Dead Woman Headed Home (Victim's Brother To Raise Child)

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[T'wit]

My understanding -- open to correction from any passing medic -- is that in true brain death, the whole body shuts down in a few days. I.e., you can't keep such a patient alive even on a ventilator.

"Brain death," as defined by the famed Harvard committee back in the late 1960s, is another matter. It was specifically designed to declare the patient "dead" in time to harvest his organs.

By the older definition of death, all bodily function ceased. Everybody understood that. Now we start carving them up like cadavers while their hearts are still beating. After surgery, of course, they really ARE dead. But the problem is, some of them would have recovered. How many are killed by surgery rather than by prior injuries? And how does that differ from murder?

[tertiary01]

Posted by Newzjunkey on the Cal State boards, I hope you don't mind me posting this. If it is a repeat post please forgive me.

"AB654 is an assisted-suicide bill by Democrats Levine & Berg. .

It's languished since last year but in light of the SCOTUS affirmation of Oregan's law this week, they have plans for a big push."