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Originally Posted by Botnst
If degree of self-awareness is what determines life's value, and value is the determinante for whether a person should live or die, then wouldn't it save us all a lot of money to euthanize the profoundly retarded?
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If it's done humanely and the family and/or legal guardian agrees to it, then I'm not gonna take to the streets and protest the idea. Life is all about choices, and a lot of times they are hard choices but a decision has to be made and it should be made by those who will be directly affected by that decision. I'm not pro-abortion, only pro-choice. If my wife is about to die because the fetus has been developing outside the womb (which can happen) I don't want some religous wacko to make it illegal for my doctor to save my wife. Same if we find out that the fetus is going to be severely handicapped for life. The religious wackos are not gonna take care of this person so why should they have any say?
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