[AppyPappy]

Because I saw my brother live through the ordeal of a brain-damaged baby that didn't even have the swallowing reflex.

If the baby was worth killing, why didn't he give it up? I don't get the rationale. On the one hand, it is OK to kill the child. On the other, it is too hard to give it up.

[NYFriend]

This isn't directly related to your post, but you gave me an idea. Let's say I have a health care proxy. I don't want to be kept on life support if I'm incapacitated, and will not recover. I believe that it wouldn't be worth it to live like this.

Can I impose this belief on other similarly situated people, on their behalf? (READ: kill people in coma's who have not filled out a health care proxy.)

[Dog Gone]

In my brother's situation, he and his wife chose not to have an abortion. I think that was a mistake, although it's a lot easier to say that in hindsight.

On the other hand, he also thought the baby was going to slowly improve and become a healthy child, even though every single physician told them that was impossible.

People tend to believe what they want to believe, regardless of the facts. That's just the way we are.