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2. If one is on a ventilator and it is removed...

Wed Jan 1, 2014, 02:52 AM

Jan 2014

Don't most "die" (as in heart stops, circulation stops, etc.)?

I'm no medical expert and not expert on this case but I don't think she would "live" if the artificial equipment were removed. I take issue with this group's statement that she is a "living" human being.

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Jahi McMath: Terri Schiavo group secretly leading transfer efforts [View all] alp227 Jan 2014 OP

'Personhood' is more than just a pulse. AtheistCrusader Jan 2014 #1

If one is on a ventilator and it is removed... SoapBox Jan 2014 #2

My dad was on life support after his last stroke davidpdx Jan 2014 #4

Thank you for sharing SoapBox Jan 2014 #6

It's not even worth going to hospice XemaSab Jan 2014 #19

Sometimes hospice is not a physical location csziggy Jan 2014 #21

Probably so davidpdx Jan 2014 #42

But so many do XemaSab Jan 2014 #45

She is not living now cosmicone Jan 2014 #11

She is already dead Pmc1962 Jan 2014 #15

Now here's the first thing that jumped out at me davidpdx Jan 2014 #3

Hey hey cosmicone Jan 2014 #10

Aren't those things that hairdressers put over client's heads RoccoR5955 Jan 2014 #13

apparently she got all her education when her father suffered a tbi after a motorcycle accident. niyad Jan 2014 #17

I checked out their website yesterday. No mention of actual medical staff, other than magical thyme Jan 2014 #30

I saw that too ninjanurse Jan 2014 #32

If McMath can't be transferred without the feeding and breathing tubes rocktivity Jan 2014 #5

Terri Schiavo, Part 2 blkmusclmachine Jan 2014 #7

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The facility is for scamming the stupid cosmicone Jan 2014 #9

Where Will New Beginnings Get a Ventilator? ninjanurse Jan 2014 #12

They'll get it from "god." RoccoR5955 Jan 2014 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author paleotn Jan 2014 #20

People, this could be YOU, if you don't sign Advance Directives and a Living Will. Rozlee Jan 2014 #16

well. I was looking for that name, schiavo heaven05 Jan 2014 #18

For all practical purposes.... paleotn Jan 2014 #22

You can't trust the Shaivo crowd about anything creeksneakers2 Jan 2014 #24

Post number 23 rocktivity Jan 2014 #28

She IS already dead. The ventilator is a machine that is breathing for her. MsPithy Jan 2014 #33

Yet she retains all the functional attributes of a living person. Seriously? magical thyme Jan 2014 #23

DING DING DING! Magical Thyme, you're our grand prize winner! rocktivity Jan 2014 #27

"Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman whose case sparked a fierce nationwide end-of-life debate" PSPS Jan 2014 #25

If they are so intent on keeping her alive with no brain function, let them pay for all her care egold2604 Jan 2014 #26

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I am of two minds on this. Butterbean Jan 2014 #31

Butterbean... Ineeda Jan 2014 #34

So I went to... Bryce Butler Jan 2014 #35

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I did Bryce Butler Jan 2014 #38

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I didn't stick around to see Palin. Bryce Butler Jan 2014 #40

Last year LiberalElite Jan 2014 #41

So why do none of these Christian fanatics seem to give a shit about any disabled person who *isn't* nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #36

Ah but they wouldn't get LiberalElite Jan 2014 #43

These "Life & Hope Network" motherfuckers MsPithy Jan 2014 #44