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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:09 PM Original message |
27-year-old couldn't pay the bill, so Texas hospital unplugged her |
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blue2helix (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Just Horrible |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Welcome to DU |
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blue2helix (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Thanks |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 07:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. You're right, it should... |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Where's the catkiller and the Terri exploiters now? |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Schivo is soooooo last spring. |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. If Terri didn't have money to pay she would have been |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. BINGO - |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. What a pro-life crowd. |
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LiberalinNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Hypocrites!!!!! |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. We're a right-to-life state (if you don't count the deadbeats) |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. If that's not a |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. Where's those frick'n Xtian fundies who protested Terry Schiavo? |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. The bastards don't give a shit |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. What!?! |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. I know this sounds cruel |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Welcome to DU, theoldman! nt |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. But not against their will |
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eve_was_framed (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. ya but where is the "religious" right on this one? Funny how they |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. I actually agree with your position on that, for the most part. |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
62. Here's the problem. It's OK to kill convicts, foreigners, brown people, |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 07:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
64. prevent suffering or prevent cost? make up your mind. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 08:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
65. Reading that article to completion, |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. You don't "get it" until you read the last lines in the story |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Please |
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kcass1954 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Education. n/t |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 07:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Death penalty n/t |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. Some information on the Dr. Allan Shulkin quoted in this article: |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Boy I am shocked. |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. And guess who Bill Clinton's surgeon donated to? |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. How did the US Congress allow this to happen? After Schaivo? |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I am disgusted beyond words, also. However..as a point of info: |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. The truly sad part is that this young woman might have delayed |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Yup - |
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VaYallaDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. What's even stranger - this occured in a so-called Republican state? |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Actually, |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. Where was Congress and the Pres? |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Where was Frist's passionate Senate Floor diagnosis of the woman'smalady ? |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Exactly!!! |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. Well, if Texas unplugged her, tha's all right.... |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. Guess which Texas Governor signed the law that allows this. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I was just about to post that.... |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. DING DING! |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. and the CHRISTians in this country are worried about Happy Holidays! |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Yeah - |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. The key here is that the family's |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Pro-life helped write this legislation |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. In a nutshell - |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:27 AM Response to Reply #35 |
60. The city that this happened in |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
44. Culture of life, my ass! Where's Frist and Delay? Or Bush? |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. They're tied up right now |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. So where's Randall Terry now? |
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MadisonProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. What is it with Texas? |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
50. This just proves that the Schiavo brouhaha was nothing but a stunt. |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. The whole Schiavo deal was just a stunt to appeal to the fundie base. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
52. These people are evil |
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CAG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
53. Christian righties were going to protest until the hospital assured them |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
54. Where's the outrage? |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:52 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Hey, this was a poor black woman - no PR value for the wingnuts. n/t |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
55. Salvi believes this would not have happened |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
56. ..and where is the Jesus on the trailer hitch???? |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
58. I'll say they likely made the right decision w/ or w/o healthcare |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 09:34 AM Response to Reply #58 |
67. The key here is that her family was against it |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
59. "Prolonging suffering" |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. On the other hand |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
61. It's the culture of life don't you know! (nt) |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
63. Where were the right wingers in keeping this woman alive? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
66. Where was Bush? Why didn't Congress call a special session? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
68. Let me guess: She was black. |
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