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WarGamer

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21. Has the family requested she be taken off of life support?
Mon May 19, 2025, 04:06 PM
May 2025

"She's pregnant with my grandson. But he may be blind, may not be able to walk, may not survive once he's born," Newkirk said. She has not said whether the family wants Smith removed from life support.

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This is not fiction [View all] angrychair May 2025 OP
It is unusual for them to do this get the red out May 2025 #1
If you are dead, they make you stay alive. Irish_Dem May 2025 #2
That was not an option soldierant May 2025 #37
Where are the attorney's arguing for her 13th Amendment right? CrispyQ May 2025 #3
This is not a choice issue. soldierant May 2025 #38
Irrelevant lonely bird May 2025 #57
Yes. And she DID NOT have a FETUS inside her! raging moderate May 2025 #58
Brain dead is usually dead. bucolic_frolic May 2025 #4
Does a Viking King count as royalty? Delmette2.0 May 2025 #7
Or being an Hunyadi? ChazInAz May 2025 #46
Yes, and Charlemagne Equity Fund will have a deluge of applications ./nt bucolic_frolic May 2025 #59
LOL. Delmette2.0 May 2025 #60
Forcing the family to pay the bill sounds unconstitutional....... Lovie777 May 2025 #5
So they should be like tsf and pay nothing. rubbersole May 2025 #44
I don't think parents have legal obligations for adult children in most cases. Doesn't make sense. Nt lostnfound May 2025 #65
And if the family refuses? DFW May 2025 #66
It is a horror movie though KT2000 May 2025 #6
Not a horror movie.... usedtobedemgurl May 2025 #24
Can you Spell G-I-L-E-A-D ?!!! electric_blue68 May 2025 #48
Exactly. usedtobedemgurl May 2025 #49
Ikr. Ick and yikes! electric_blue68 May 2025 #50
I would expect nothing less... GiqueCee May 2025 #8
My babies and I bonded while they were in my womb. pandr32 May 2025 #9
i have to wonder if this baby will b ok. mopinko May 2025 #12
Probably not. Girard442 May 2025 #15
Basically the baby is in a machine womb. pandr32 May 2025 #17
Worse. MadLinguist May 2025 #61
I had same experience. Dixiegrrrl May 2025 #42
There's changes in our brain. pandr32 May 2025 #56
Birds Cirsium May 2025 #63
Interesting. pandr32 May 2025 #64
But... But... But... BurnDoubt May 2025 #10
Go OT on them and quote Numbers 11: 5-13, the test for an unfaithful wife. multigraincracker May 2025 #32
This is America 2025. spanone May 2025 #11
Why they hate the ERA. rickyhall May 2025 #13
GOP BRAND Iamscrewed May 2025 #14
sorry. the bill goes to the fetus humpers, plus child support. pansypoo53219 May 2025 #16
It should. pandr32 May 2025 #18
G.O.P. Kristo-sadism BoRaGard May 2025 #19
We are living through an Age of Dystopia. SleeplessinSoCal May 2025 #20
Has the family requested she be taken off of life support? WarGamer May 2025 #21
They wanted her off, justaprogressive May 2025 #26
Then the desires of the family need to be respected. WarGamer May 2025 #35
Every horror is worst than the last one. Joinfortmill May 2025 #22
The horror show is that lawyers are telling doctors how to practice medicine. Mosby May 2025 #23
Shes only 9 weeks?!! Kali May 2025 #25
I believe she was 9 weeks when she had the incident Crunchy Frog May 2025 #51
insanity Kali May 2025 #54
More Detail & Parallels justaprogressive May 2025 #27
Agreed Evolve Dammit May 2025 #28
It is, i think, the height of depravity. NNadir May 2025 #29
We are drowning in dystopian plot twists of horror. yellow dahlia May 2025 #30
The powers that be have taken away her reproductive rights from the beginning and now her dignity to die peacefully Deuxcents May 2025 #31
This is not unusual - 20 years ago this year BumRushDaShow May 2025 #33
Yep angrychair May 2025 #40
Kick SheltieLover May 2025 #34
Christian Taliban. nt. Hotler May 2025 #36
The fetus may not survive according to docters. This is so fucking cruel. Autumn May 2025 #39
I have zero doubts angrychair May 2025 #43
Dear Pope Leo. If you get a minute. BidenRocks May 2025 #41
The Catholic Church ruled that terminally ill people could in good conscience refuse "extraordinary measures" Hekate May 2025 #55
I predict someone will take the hit Figarosmom May 2025 #45
The family shouldn't have to pay one penny of the medical debt; area51 May 2025 #47
A living woman has fewer rights than a corpse. Shipwack May 2025 #52
Are there prayer groups outside the hospital? Has anyone brought a life-size crucifix on a trailer hitch? Hekate May 2025 #53
Conservatives are degenerate ghouls. Shades of Karen Ann Quinlan in the 70s during the Ford administration. Martin68 May 2025 #62
Her family can sue the hospital and the people doing this.. Meowmee May 2025 #67
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