She would be a hostage by the very definition of the word. She clearly cared, given she went to the trouble of making her wishes known in advance. The father also requested life support be ended. I'm sure a newly single father would have trouble supporting the child he currently has; footing the medical bills for another 5 months of life support; paying for the birth; paying to bury his wife; and maintaining his current standard of living. That all assumes the child comes out alive and without any defects. Or he could end it now and maintain the possibility of providing his currently born son a good life with financial security. That may not be an easy choice, but it's pretty obvious which choice allows your already born child a better shot at a good life.
i agree with this completely. and why did i call her a hostage? because for the simple fact she made it very clear that if she ever needed to be kept on life support, she wanted them to pull the plug and let her die her peaceful death, as did the father.. if someone is holding you against your will, i'd say that's being held hostage, no matter what the reason was..
and just like this quote, now this man is a single father, and would have to raise a kid all on his own, who knows what his financial situation looks like, and can you even begin to think of what a 6 month stay in intensive care hospital bill would look like? my mom was in for 2 days and had a hip replacement, $75k..
people want to make laws about her having to stay on life support to keep the fetus alive, and at the same time these are the same people who bitch about welfare, and programs like w.i.c and the aca, which would obviously benefit a man in this situation and his baby once it were born..
..you done ciphered and totally outwitted yourselves
