To: Jrabbit
Baby Son Howard story on Greta - - Funny, the next doctor was arguing that a mother had no right to keep her bably alive, because only three have ever survived that condition past infancy, one only communicated "a little".
Those who love death will always side with death, even in cases where the mother wants the child left on a respirator.
To: grassboots.org
I think the baby should be allowed to be on a respirator for long enough to see if his lungs are developing, if they are then keep him on it until they develop on his own, if not, then he should be allowed to die.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE between this baby and Terri, Terri can breathe on her own, the baby (Sun) cannot and may never be able to. It's sad. Also, I think the mother's lawyer made a BIG mistake in letting the mother talk. She kept going on how her baby was the "Sun (in the sky) come down to earth in the flesh". She sounded like a religious nut and that doesn't help get sympathy.
Also, I felt like Greta was equating the two cases, making it sound like in both cases, the parents can't let go of their children in hopeless cases, which I don't believe is the case.
455 posted on
02/23/2005 8:03:56 PM PST by
reaganaut
(Not all Thanatologists are pro-death, abortion or euthanasia)
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