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To: Rambi who wrote (77639)	10/17/2003 4:08:40 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 82486

If the parents were willing to take the financial burden, why could the husband not go on with his life? If I were to participate in a discussion of this, I'd have to get more intelligence. <g> My friend was coming at it from the POV that the husband sued to get money to support her and then wanted to get rid of her so he could keep the money for his new wife and their two children, the second on the way. Of course, he got his intel, as usual, from talk radio so I'm not sure how much stock I'd put in what he said. <g>

To: Rambi who wrote (77639)	10/17/2003 11:38:40 AM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

Eternal questions. Actually, not, though. It's only since we started things like feeding tubes that we even have these dilemmas. Our science has created both wonderous advances and previously unimaginable ethical dilemmas. A few hundred years ago there would have been no issue. She would have died, been mourned, and people would have moved on with their lives. Similarly with seriously prematurely born babies, babies born with holes in their hearts, etc. Our ethics have simply not kept up with our science. And while it may be sexist to say so, I think that women and men have somewhat different approaches to the issue, since their relationships with their children are, by nature, quite different. Also, young and old seem to approach the issues differently. As do parents, who in the case of adult children can never have another child and so are left permanently bereft by the death of a child, and spouses, who can remarry and perhaps find as fulfilling and satisfying a life moving forward with a new spouse. Modern medicine can be wonderful, but it certainly does add a host of issues and dilemmas that our ancestors never had to confront.