http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/11/14/court-allows-cut-off-in-italys-terry-schiavo-case/ Religion, faith and ethics Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:48:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/11/14/court-allows-cut-off-in-italys-terry-schiavo-case/#comment-8442 James Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:07:59 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=2282#comment-8442 I agree that if she has enough brain function to do the things asked of her (and I would have to see proof) then she is alive and cannot have her feeding tube disconnected.That would be euthanasia under the guidelines issued by his late holiness John Paul II. Under his ruling, a person could leave a living wii stating that they do not wish to be kept alive by extraordanary means, and this is not suicide. A doctor can choose not to begin extraordinay means of life support, and this is not euthanasia.But no-one can make the decision after the fact for the patient, and no doctor can refuse Ordinary medical treatment, THAT is euthanasia. Under that ruling as well, the patient is alive if they have brain function, and the ruling on euthanasia applies. The soul does not leave untill the brain stops functioning. I agree that if she has enough brain function to do the things asked of her (and I would have to see proof) then she is alive and cannot have her feeding tube disconnected.That would be euthanasia under the guidelines issued by his late holiness John Paul II. Under his ruling, a person could leave a living wii stating that they do not wish to be kept alive by extraordanary means, and this is not suicide. A doctor can choose not to begin extraordinay means of life support, and this is not euthanasia.But no-one can make the decision after the fact for the patient, and no doctor can refuse Ordinary medical treatment, THAT is euthanasia. Under that ruling as well, the patient is alive if they have brain function, and the ruling on euthanasia applies. The soul does not leave untill the brain stops functioning.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/11/14/court-allows-cut-off-in-italys-terry-schiavo-case/#comment-8439 Italy News: 11.16.08 | Italy Travel Guide Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:54:50 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=2282#comment-8439 [...] Italian woman who has been in a vegetative state for 16 years will be taken off life support, an Italian court has ruled. Her father has been trying to disconnect her feeding tube for some [...] [...] Italian woman who has been in a vegetative state for 16 years will be taken off life support, an Italian court has ruled. Her father has been trying to disconnect her feeding tube for some [...]

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