Quote Originally Posted by edczxcvbnm
As I said before, if the person who relies on the machine doesn't have the funds to pay for it the state government, federal government or hostpital will just let them die. Unless you are advocating that the government pay fully for anyone on life support...which would be an insane waste of tax payer dollars.
The person doesn't have to be rich. Insurance will cover most of the bills, and there are multiple charitable organizations that will chip in for the rest of it. And I'm not just talking about people on 24-hour life support, I mean people like my grandmother who have to go in for dialisis every couple of days because their kidneys don't filter their blood anymore, or people who have to carry around an oxygen tank to breathe, or people who can't move without a wheelchair. Is it fair to say "they can't survive on their own, so they don't deserve to live", like you do concerning unborn children? What, "I don't want to carry you around, so f--- you, get out of my body"?

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Quote Originally Posted by ThroneofDravaris
Wow, another topic that really should have gone in EoTW/EoEO, yet for some mysterious reason...
You are right. But I knew many people would pay attention to it if it were here, but it should be moved to EoEO really.
Putting it in General means more responses, and after all, it's supposed to be policy not to move threads to EoEO or EOTW, I guess. Doesn't mean much, but still.