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In reply to the discussion: Evangelical parents go to court to stop daughter with terminal illness who wishes to die: [View all]obamanut2012
(26,064 posts)1. She is a lucid adult -- why should her paremts decide her fate???
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Evangelical parents go to court to stop daughter with terminal illness who wishes to die: [View all]
Are_grits_groceries
Oct 2012
OP
Yes, TWICE the parents and courts have stopped their daughter's legal rights
obamanut2012
Oct 2012
#21
the legalities aren't part of what I am saying. I am saying until its your decision, you can't know.
roguevalley
Oct 2012
#80
Yes, the legalities have everything in the world to do with what you're saying.
Care Acutely
Oct 2012
#88
if you ignore the human element in situations you will always be pissed and filled with ego based
roguevalley
Oct 2012
#92
me too. this is a terrible thing for everyone, especially that poor girl My thoughts are for her.
roguevalley
Oct 2012
#91
"In an era of for-profit hospitals you can see that this can cause problems." = yes. it will.
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#86
Yes, I know of two cases in which a person refused treatment for cancer
Lydia Leftcoast
Oct 2012
#38
My late sweetheart was a devout Catholic; but, she reached a point in her cancer treatment...
LongTomH
Oct 2012
#57
The supreme entity wants her - keeping her on life support is in opposition to it's design.
geckosfeet
Oct 2012
#6
The daughter expressed one desire. The parents intervened and imposed theirs.
geckosfeet
Oct 2012
#77
I feel sorry for the parents. It's very hard to lose a child, but, in this case,
Arkansas Granny
Oct 2012
#25
I felt bad for them, too, even though I feel the court ultimately ruled correctly in letting her go.
Pithlet
Oct 2012
#71
Like many free-lance fundies, they're ignorant of their own tradition's theology
Lydia Leftcoast
Oct 2012
#40
I don't know of any, but a lot of fundamentalists kind of make it up as they go along
Lydia Leftcoast
Oct 2012
#73
Catholic doctrine allows adults to refuse medical treatment for themselves
obamanut2012
Oct 2012
#85
I've said it before and I'll say it again: the fundies do not give a shit about children!!!!!!
Initech
Oct 2012
#50