Comments on: Thought On Gonzales v. Carhart http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/04/19/thought-on-gonzales-v-carhart/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:25:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Hugo http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/04/19/thought-on-gonzales-v-carhart/#comment-33296 Hugo Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:22:18 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/04/19/thought-on-gonzales-v-carhart/#comment-33296 It's an excellent point. A couple very close to me had a fetus diagnosed with Trisomy 18 a few years ago; they chose to go through this route. The church they belonged to actually baptized the baby following the procedure, honoring both the wisdom of the parents' heartrending decision and the reality that a potential person was not going to come into this world. They had a body to bury. That was a blessing to them. It’s an excellent point. A couple very close to me had a fetus diagnosed with Trisomy 18 a few years ago; they chose to go through this route. The church they belonged to actually baptized the baby following the procedure, honoring both the wisdom of the parents’ heartrending decision and the reality that a potential person was not going to come into this world.
They had a body to bury. That was a blessing to them.

]]> By: WereBear http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/04/19/thought-on-gonzales-v-carhart/#comment-32410 WereBear Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:38:01 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/04/19/thought-on-gonzales-v-carhart/#comment-32410 Oh, but we have government run health care. It protects the right of insurance companies to decide what treatments are right for us, and whether they will pay for them, or not. It protects the right of pharmaceutical companies to ignore cheaper, less toxic drugs because they won't make as much money on them. It protects the right of hospitals to run at a profit. And it protects the right of whoever goes after us for the bills of trying to keep our loved one alive. Perhaps we should think about this differently. Oh, but we have government run health care.

It protects the right of insurance companies to decide what treatments are right for us, and whether they will pay for them, or not.

It protects the right of pharmaceutical companies to ignore cheaper, less toxic drugs because they won’t make as much money on them.

It protects the right of hospitals to run at a profit.

And it protects the right of whoever goes after us for the bills of trying to keep our loved one alive.

Perhaps we should think about this differently.

]]> By: SamChevre http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/04/19/thought-on-gonzales-v-carhart/#comment-32352 SamChevre Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:18:38 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/04/19/thought-on-gonzales-v-carhart/#comment-32352 <i>I don’t want some estranged politician having a say in any of my medical decisions.</i> Sorry, but we passed that line in what--?1912--by allowing the government to regulate medicine sales. There are lots and lots of medicines that your doctor can't prescribe for you, even though they are available in Europe, or Japan, or Mexico. And (of course) there are lots of people who can't legally give you any medical advice whatsoever (it's called "practicing medicine without a license.") I don’t want some estranged politician having a say in any of my medical decisions.

Sorry, but we passed that line in what–?1912–by allowing the government to regulate medicine sales. There are lots and lots of medicines that your doctor can’t prescribe for you, even though they are available in Europe, or Japan, or Mexico. And (of course) there are lots of people who can’t legally give you any medical advice whatsoever (it’s called “practicing medicine without a license.”)

]]> By: belledame222 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/04/19/thought-on-gonzales-v-carhart/#comment-32165 belledame222 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:19:34 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/04/19/thought-on-gonzales-v-carhart/#comment-32165 *headdesk* right, having ginormous profit-driven bureaucracies who of course are -in no way- subsidized by the government having a say in my medical decisions is much better. especially when that decision is NOT TO TREAT ME AT ALL UNLESS I SOMEHOW WIN THE GODDAM LOTTERY. *headdesk* right, having ginormous profit-driven bureaucracies who of course are -in no way- subsidized by the government having a say in my medical decisions is much better. especially when that decision is NOT TO TREAT ME AT ALL UNLESS I SOMEHOW WIN THE GODDAM LOTTERY.

]]> By: Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Round-up of posts about Gonzales v Carhart (Updated) http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/04/19/thought-on-gonzales-v-carhart/#comment-32160 Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Round-up of posts about Gonzales v Carhart (Updated) Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:01:43 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/04/19/thought-on-gonzales-v-carhart/#comment-32160 [...] Faux Real: The One Thing I Find Hopelessly Cruel The one thing I find hopelessly cruel — other than the obvious things that everyone else has noted — is that the type of abortion banned was the one that allowed a family to say goodbye to and bury a very wanted child, often named, who was assigned a birth certificate. It was one way of allowing women to view and hold their dead babies after delivery, one avenue of emotional healing after having gone through the majority of a pregnancy and then given the dire news that the pregnancy wasn’t viable. [...] [...] Faux Real: The One Thing I Find Hopelessly Cruel The one thing I find hopelessly cruel — other than the obvious things that everyone else has noted — is that the type of abortion banned was the one that allowed a family to say goodbye to and bury a very wanted child, often named, who was assigned a birth certificate. It was one way of allowing women to view and hold their dead babies after delivery, one avenue of emotional healing after having gone through the majority of a pregnancy and then given the dire news that the pregnancy wasn’t viable. [...]

]]> By: Robert http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/04/19/thought-on-gonzales-v-carhart/#comment-32155 Robert Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:54:20 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2007/04/19/thought-on-gonzales-v-carhart/#comment-32155 "I don’t know about you, but I don’t want some estranged politician having a say in any of my medical decisions." That's why so many of us fear and fight against government-run health care. “I don’t know about you, but I don’t want some estranged politician having a say in any of my medical decisions.”

That’s why so many of us fear and fight against government-run health care.

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