Religious Parents Fight to Keep Braindead Boy On Life Support

re: Religious Parents Fight to Keep Braindead Boy On Life Support

sjd ksjskjskj — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:53:40 GMT

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re: Religious Parents Fight to Keep Braindead Boy On Life Support

Ashley Greenberg — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:53:08 GMT

Childrens' Hospital is acting in full accord with applicable law in wanting to disconnect Mortl Brodys mortal remains from its ventilator.

DC law declaring brain death to be indicative of decease is in its turn fully in accord with the opinion of a vast majority of religious and secular ethicists.

Interestingly enough, Children's Hospital says its records show that the Brody parents have not visited Mortl since July. The Brody's lawyer Jeffrey Zuckerman says that's not true: the Brodys have visited Mortl at least once since then.

So let's stop gushing about the poor grieving parents long enough to note the hypocrisy here.

Meanwhile, my religion says that you should give me your wallet when I ask for it. Anybody got a problem with that?

re: Religious Parents Fight to Keep Braindead Boy On Life Support

MailDeadDrop — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:06:16 GMT

Addendum: My handle is my handle, has been for many years, and has nothing to do with this story.

MDD

re: Religious Parents Fight to Keep Braindead Boy On Life Support

MailDeadDrop — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:05:17 GMT

"Earthly remains" seems appropriate. The Hospital does not subscribe to the Brody's religion. In their eyes, Motl is dead. That which is currently attached to the ventilator is his "earthly remains". Other appropriate, but to my mind *less* sensitive, terms would be "body" or "corpse".

As to how much time: The hospital is a place for people to recover from illness, or to be treated while awaiting death (although that latter group should be in hospice, not hospital). It is not a place to store dying tissue not intended to be used for medical purposes. The hospital has limited resources. Is it appropriate for the hospital to allow their limited resources to be spent on housing dying tissue? I think not.

I grieve for the Brody's loss, but as a guardian of all society's children, can we justify their belief to hinder the treatment of the living (including other children)?

MDD

re: Religious Parents Fight to Keep Braindead Boy On Life Support

jenny454 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:01:39 GMT

I hope this all turned out ok I remember seeing this on television.