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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-11-03 04:39 PM
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73. This is horrible
The woman has become disabled, not dying. Some children are born disabled. My step mother was a teacher's aide at a special needs pre school. There were a couple children with feeding tubes. Would it be alright for the parents to decide that these children did not need nourishment anymore? Wouldn't they be charged with something if they let their child die that way? Just because someone has lessoned mental function does not mean that she should be condemned to die. We should not be deciding that disabled people deserve to die even if her death is supported by her husband who has reasons for wanting her dead. Let her get therapy so she can recover and have as much quality of life as possible. Regardless, no one should decided that she does not have a life worth living, just like those disabled preschoolers.
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