It is not a change of pace on this thread, but is a continuation of just what T'wit has charged, that we continue. At this point in my morning posts, I expect T'wit has had his first cup of coffee and is starting to read through my first comments, about to comment or quip very soon. It leaves me great emptiness that those words will not follow on in a few minutes.
This is about one of T'wit's deep concerns.
Roozrokh had gone to San Luis Obispo to help recover Navarro's organs. Roozrokh prescribed inordinate amounts of painkillers and injected an antiseptic into Navarro's stomach to speed up death and enable his organs to be extracted more quickly, said authorities who brought criminal charges, the Chronicle reported.
If the charges are true, "the cascade effect is likely to produce a chilling effect on organ donation," Southern Baptist bioethicist C. Ben Mitchell told Baptist Press.
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The researchers acknowledged their study involved only this patient, although they plan to try it with other patients. They also said the treatment would not help patients considered to be in a persistent vegetative state, such as Terri Schiavo, and likely would not work with those who are worse off in the minimally conscious range.
Schiavo, who died in 2005 after being taken off water and food at her husband's request, received electrode implants but they were not successful, according to The Inquirer. Some experts believed Schiavo was not in a persistent vegetative state.
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"I can't tell you how many women I know who've been pressured into aborting by a boyfriend, husband or parent," said Georgette Forney, co-founder of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, in a written release. "Everyone in every state should support this type of legislation. After all, how could someone who says he's pro-choice oppose a law that tells a woman she has a choice?"
LIFE DIGEST: Doctor's alleged efforts to hasten death could undermine organ donation
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