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yellowwoodII

(616 posts) Thu May 23, 2019, 09:22 AM May 2019

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Life: Heartbeat

Now that some anti-abortion proponents have defined "life" as having a heartbeat, I am wondering what will be done when a patient is brain-dead, but still has a heartbeat? Will the medical community have to keep him/her alive, regardless?

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Life: Heartbeat (Original Post) yellowwoodII May 2019 OP

anti-choice nt RandiFan1290 May 2019 #1

They only care about "innocent" life. That's why cap pun is ok. Funtatlaguy May 2019 #2

Terri Schiavo HAB911 May 2019 #3

IIRC, the biblical definition of life begins at first breath... Wounded Bear May 2019 #4

That Makes Sense yellowwoodII May 2019 #5

RandiFan1290

(6,227 posts)

1. anti-choice nt

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Thu May 23, 2019, 09:24 AM

May 2019

Funtatlaguy

(10,868 posts)

2. They only care about "innocent" life. That's why cap pun is ok.

Reply to yellowwoodII (Original post)

Thu May 23, 2019, 09:25 AM

May 2019

HAB911

(8,873 posts)

3. Terri Schiavo

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Thu May 23, 2019, 09:26 AM

May 2019

Wounded Bear

(58,619 posts)

4. IIRC, the biblical definition of life begins at first breath...

Reply to yellowwoodII (Original post)

Thu May 23, 2019, 10:25 AM

May 2019

So anything that ain't breathing ain't really alive, right?

yellowwoodII

(616 posts)

5. That Makes Sense

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #4)

Thu May 23, 2019, 11:18 AM

May 2019

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