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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (36827)	11/14/2001 1:44:05 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It doesn't matter whether Jake is a "real" person- whatever that is. If the law says you can abort Jake you can abort him. His parents did not HAVE to abort him, but they could if they wanted to. And that is ok with me. I'm for parents having the right to withold costly medical treatment from seriously compromised infants as well. After all, they can withhold treatment for religious reasons, I see more reason for parents withholding because they do not want to raise a vegetable or something close to it. If they do wish to raise such a child, that's their choice. But you should think about the cost to society if the parents are not wealthy. If you could immunize 1000, or 5000 children for the cost of one preemie with serious complications and no chance of a normal life, and 10% of those 1000 to 5000 children will be compromised if they are not immunized, what should be done?