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To: i-node who wrote (117279)	4/8/2019 12:56:06 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 353904

You so rule?

To: i-node who wrote (117279)	4/8/2019 1:40:48 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 353904

"The instant the child is born it cannot be the mother's or anyone else's prerogative to simply allow it to die of non-treatment." It is a legal decision decided by parent(s), who have the medical power-of-attorney. Somebody almost always has that right, regardless of the age of the patient, unless the individual has an advanced directive. A spouse can accompany a patient to the ER, and say, "Just comfort care this time." Parents can say, "The fight is over; pull the plug." The first ventilator I ever turned off was on a 9-year old brain-dead girl, who had been hit by a car maybe a week earlier. "Or of exposure to the elements" That brings to mind putting a newborn out in the woods, (whereupon, of course, a passing female wolf warms the child, blah, blah), but...that's murder. If you mean naked in a cool room, that doesn't happen. The baby would be dried, wrapped in a blanket, and either given to the mother or placed in a warming incubator.

To: i-node who wrote (117279)	4/8/2019 3:57:03 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 353904

People sign DNR's all the time. When I moved to the CCRC where I live, one of the items on the check-in list was whether I wanted a DNR. Quite matter-of-fact right along with the parking sticker for my car and the admonition about curtains that had not been treated with fire retardant. We have the right to refuse treatment. If we are not competent to do that for ourselves, designated persons can act for us. Or of exposure to the elements. Now, that would be verboten.