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Jonas's avatar

Great article, Herb!

It makes me think of organ donation. I saw a report about it and even heard a doctor-in-residence talk about it and, here in Canada, it seems that many doctors will pressure patients' families to let them take their loved one's organs before they are even brain dead. The hwhole thing really disturbed me and lead me to remove myself from the donor registry!

So, meanwhile, in Canada, we can't wait till someone is dead to take their organs. Meanwhile, in Georgia, they will keep someone brain dead on life support so that their baby might live and people complain about that? I wonder if its the same people who complain about keeping a a brain-dead pregnant woman on life-support who also justify taking organs from someone who isn't even brain-dead yet?

Makes me wonder if we are truly dealing with an "anti-life" society...

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Just plain Rivka's avatar

If I were brain dead, I would definitely want to be kept on life support to gestate my baby. Definitely. Maybe they should have women sign something on top of the million doctor protections against wrongful life suits.

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