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Couple Sues Quebec Hospital for Not Dehydrating Disabled Infant Daughter to Death
LifeSiteNews ^ | 3/17/09 | Thaddeus M. Baklinski

Posted on 03/17/2009 2:09:43 PM PDT by wagglebee

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To: wagglebee
Hospital officials told the parents they could take their child home, or she would be placed in protective custody. They opted for the former.

Too bad. They should have opted for the latter. The little girl would probably enjoy much more love and acceptace.

41 posted on 03/17/2009 3:29:36 PM PDT by mombonn (God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
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To: wagglebee

This is horrible.


42 posted on 03/17/2009 3:32:11 PM PDT by Dante3
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

I agree. This is horrible.


43 posted on 03/17/2009 3:44:25 PM PDT by Dante3
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To: wagglebee

They sure do.


44 posted on 03/17/2009 3:45:10 PM PDT by Dante3
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To: All
Pinged from Terri Dailies


45 posted on 03/17/2009 4:52:57 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: COgamer
Your "clarification" is an obfuscation. The parents are quite clear on why they are suing: Caring for their child is very inconvenient for them, so they would prefer that she were dead:

"I would tell them to come to our house for a week and see what it's like to live with a child like ours," said Mantha. "See the involvement that's needed -- the time and energy in terms of everything involved in our life."

46 posted on 03/17/2009 5:00:04 PM PDT by madprof98 ("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
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To: wagglebee

What selfish parents! This is your child and I’m pretty sure that no one would voulenteer to be dehydrated to death. This makes me so mad what a witch!


47 posted on 03/17/2009 5:07:31 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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There are parents of children with birth defects who do walk away and leave the kid for the hospital to deal with. The fact that these parents were given the option to do that, with the hospital’s blessing, and decided not to hints to me that this lawsuit isn’t what it looks like on face value.

Although it’s phrased in such a way that it looks like the parents are suing the hospital for not killing the child in a painful way, I think what is really going on is that the parents are getting overwhelmed with the bills and so forth. Simply put, they want money from the hospital, and this is their angle to get it.

If there is any reason to think that they genuinely do want the kid dead, the judge should terminate their parental rights immediately. However, since this looks more like a scheme to get money, the judge should determine that and throw the case out or rule against them.

Meanwhile, if (as I suspect) they are finding themselves overwhelmed, I’m sure that there are many sources of support they could find, a cerebral palsy organization or something. Something that’s a little more honest than trying to get rich by suing the hospital for NOT killing the child.


48 posted on 03/17/2009 5:11:16 PM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: wagglebee

Father resembles child and wife murderer Scott Peterson, if not in appearance, in lack of moral compass.


49 posted on 03/17/2009 5:51:31 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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To: wagglebee

You know, there are just some articles better left unread. I knew from reading the title and should have left it at that. I want that baby!! I’m so disgusted, I can’t stand it!


50 posted on 03/17/2009 7:00:56 PM PDT by samiam1972 ("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."-Mother Teresa)
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To: wagglebee
compare and contrast
51 posted on 03/18/2009 8:35:33 AM PDT by jmcenanly
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Yep, I noted the same irony.


52 posted on 03/18/2009 8:45:31 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

That’s *exactly* what they (I was going to call them the
“death eaters” but I haven’t read that one in the series)
want you to say. They want to maneuver ppl into accepting
homicide, period.


53 posted on 03/18/2009 4:59:19 PM PDT by cycjec
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