- Joined
- Jun 17, 2018
- Messages
- 3,148
- Reaction score
- 672
- Location
- NOW Beautiful Pasco County
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Conservative
So a baby born with overwhelming severe conditions....the doctor indicates there can be no quality or quantity of life...he suggests comfort care. A second opinion of specialist says the same thing.
The family allows for comfort care.
You think that is infantacide? You think they are actively killing their baby?
Why? It sounds amazingly cruel.
It is not necessary for anybody to die with life support, tubes, drains, and multiple painful procedures.
Friend, I understand your view. I worry that when allowing a person to die(including especially the new born as in this thread) is a slippery slope. Do you not see that the prolonging of life is all we have ever done as a society that is worthy of praise? It is certain we can with the push of a couple of buttons, remove life from this rock called Earth forever. What is greater, better, more emblematic of our species than the gift of life? If an infant with care lives a week or month longer, what in the world can be wrong with that? Life is transient.
We all have a clicking time clock. Like you, I just want to live as long as possible, then check out. I don't want to be denied help, because I am not old enough to sue for that right. It is my opinion, that the whole argument here boils down to money and the concern for the parents. No matter how it goes, those who are already living benefit, but the infant just doesn't.
If I had never seen a miracle and the wonderful results of parents who trudged on, I might feel differently. Do you not know of those occasions where parents went beyond normal duty and were rewarded with viable children from a weak prognosis? It takes guts and concern for life, but it happens.
Regards,
CP