[MHGinTN]

In the 'brave new world' you've hinted on, the ned will be just as the beginning, the less than whole ones will be for harvesting useful parts for the more whole ... a truly frightening spectre.

[palmer]

I think it's one of the inevitable consequences of socialized medicine; it won't be run by the pro-life Christians represented on this thread. Instead the bureaucrats will determine what human life should be protected by the impact on the budget. Then the "pro-life" leftists can argue for unlimited budgets and taxation.