I've read that it's unlikely the fetus will survive or have severe health issues if it does survive. So let me see if I've got this straight. They're keeping someone's brain dead body alive for the sake of a fetus that most likely will die, meanwhile charging the traumatized family some ungodly amount of money that they will spend a lifetime trying to pay back, of course let's not forget that those hospital resources could be used to actually help someone else.
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You're missing the part where the the fetus not dying is likely an even worse outcome (barring some kind of miracle) because it would likely have no quality of life and be a huge burden to the family and/or the state.
I keep forgetting, cruelty is the point.
This is fucking ghoulish, but if you tried to show this story to the average Republican voter, they’d tell you “oh that’s not real, they aren’t doing that. That’s fake news meant to scare you”
When I was a kid there was a big lawsuit about a brain dead woman whose husband wanted to take her off life support, but her parents didn't. Fifteen years passed from the time she went into a coma to when she was finally allowed to die.
That was only twenty years ago
Please tell me the family won't have to pay for it... ?
Insurance refuses to cover it. Yes, the family is on the hook for the costs of this government-imposed atrocity.
It's a story that only gets worse and worse the more you find out.