• HybridSarcasm@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The kid I’m talking about is the one in the womb. Pull the plug on its mother and it has 0 chance. There are 2 lives at stake, not just 1.

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      18 hours ago

      Problem is she was found brain dead in first trimester. That doesn’t make for good chances for the fetus.

      If it was third trimester, then ok I can see it, but this is going to be even more tragic trying to make the fetus live.

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      23 hours ago

      If you meant the fetus why didn’t you just say so?
      Also, not sure i would consider being braindead and kept “alive” by machines much of a life

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      “She’s pregnant with my grandson. But he may be blind, may not be able to walk, may not survive once he’s born,” Newkirk said.

      You want to let a blind, crippled, orphaned fetus grow into a kid just so it can die after its brain is more developed?