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Celerity

(43,316 posts)
2. Terri Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state, much of her brain was liquid, she wasn't 'alive'
Wed May 6, 2020, 11:16 AM
May 2020

and never would have been again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case


Left: CT scan of normal brain; Right: Schiavo's 2002 CT scan provided by Ronald Cranford, showing loss of brain tissue. The black area is liquid, indicating hydrocephalus ex vacuo. The small white piece in the right image is the thalamic stimulator implanted in her brain.




fuck Rethugs and their gaslighting shite

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. And Republicans fought with every dirty trick in the book to keep her on life support
Wed May 6, 2020, 11:22 AM
May 2020

They demonstrated without any information about Terri Schiavo's condition, holding up signs that said "Feed Terri" and giant spoons, which would have dispatched her body to the Great Beyond. Republican politicians, including the Senate Majority Leader, Dr. Frist, weighed in with completely uninformed medical opinions based on 10 seconds of carefully-barbered videotape. They fought through the state and federal courts to overturn the legal rights of Terri's long-suffering husband in favor of Terri's parents who couldn't come to terms with their daughter's demise. They tortured Terri and her husband for years in the name of "pro life" and congratulated each other on their piety.

Still sickening when I think about it today.

malaise

(268,930 posts)
5. It all makes sense - they already think kids should be sacrificed at the altar of the NRA
Wed May 6, 2020, 11:36 AM
May 2020

so why shouldn't the rest of us die for Wall Street?
Remember now society does not matter - only markets.

Walleye

(31,008 posts)
6. I was wondering, if a pregnant woman dies of Covid,
Wed May 6, 2020, 12:29 PM
May 2020

Or has a miscarriage, then would they care more? Would they add it to the total number of people who died?

keithbvadu2

(36,775 posts)
7. Pro-life is a myth.
Thu May 7, 2020, 12:07 AM
May 2020

Republicans are in favor of killing living babies and have done so.

Pro-life is a myth.

The supposed pro-lifers cared naught when the state of Texas (republican gov, republican Prez) deliberately killed living baby Sun Hudson against the mother's wishes because he was an inconvenience to the state.

It is not a matter of life to the supposed pro-lifers.

It is a matter of control.

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