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From: walsh@ihuxi.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The right(?) to commit suicide & LOWER FORMS?
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Date: Fri, 11-Nov-83 16:23:21 EST
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Re: FRODO's suggestion that we ASK deformed babies what they want,

Have you ever seen the rare condition where a baby is born without a brain?
My sister-in-law is a nurse and has. What would you suggest in such an
instance? These babies do live for a few days (while hospital bills mount).
Would you even consider them human, since they have no brain? How do you ask
a brainless baby what it wants? (Is it even capable if wanting?)
My point is: what if the condition is so horrible, that life itself becomes
pointless? Do you think there is a point to a living, but brainless being?
Would you still think it is worth prolonging its life? 

This may be extreme, but worth thinking about.                              

B. Walsh