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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (3484)	1/3/2003 2:01:10 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 7720

There is a signal difference when death is an inevitability, and I am surprised you do not see it. In the first instance, even the Roman Catholic Church would consider it "heroic means " to subject her to an unreliable operation that might minimally extend her life. In the second case, a lot would depend on assessment of damage and chance of recovery. If brain death is viewed as inevitable, however, there is a reasonable calculus of how much medical resources should be consumed by an individual when they will do no good. Thus, the termination of life- support may be reasonable. This is, of course, so far from allowing a child to be born, as to be ludicrous......