Thanks for the clarification. Just taking the statement at face value it sounded different. Barbara H. _http://barbarah.wordpress.com/_ (http://barbarah.wordpress.com/) In a message dated 3/27/2009 12:58:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, we4king...@verizon.net writes:
I'm not implying that at all. I just didn't go into that definition for the sake of brevity. The light hearted comment about turning 18 meant that every child takes a tremendous amount of "life support" to raise. but if you insist on a definition: I believe that any infant who is alive at the time of onset of labor (whether natural or surgical) is entitled to what ever life support we have to offer. In some cases like ancephaly there are hard choices for parents to make. But I am sharing my views and not writing a policy that will be used to make life and death decisions beyond my own family. Mindy the Artist On Mar 27, 2009, at 9:03 AM, _jharpe...@aol.com_ (mailto:jharpe...@aol.com) wrote: Mindy, by that logic, a baby who needed life support at birth would not be entitled to it. I've known many families of children born prematurely who needed a great deal of help at first, but who grew and thrived with help, including ventilators. Barbara H. _http://barbarah.wordpress.com/_ (http://barbarah.wordpress.com/) In a message dated 3/25/2009 8:27:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, _we4king...@verizon.net_ (mailto:we4king...@verizon.net) writes: My experience also led me to the conclusion that a life that cannot survive outside the mother is not entitled to citizenship rights equal to that of the mother until it is mature enough to survive once the umbilical cord is cut (or has turned 18, which ever comes first). Mindy the Artist ____________________________________ Free Credit Report and Score Tracking! Get it Now for $0 at _CreditReport.com_ (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220474599x1201401934/aol?redir=http://www.creditreport.com?src=aolemail&kwd=mlftrtextlink) . = **************Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. Try the new Email Toolbar now! (http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown00000027)
