anencephalic

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• Or more reasonably, what about when Government is asked to weigh spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in care for a patient (like perhaps an anencephalic baby), vs. spending that money on other patients who ultimately could be improved by it? Discourse.net: Making the Rounds
• But imagine you are the official in charge of costs for Government health care and the case of the anencephalic baby hits your desk ... Discourse.net: Making the Rounds
• Well, it turns out that while there is general "line" that anencephalic have no consciousness and are in no way comparable to other newborns, some experts think differently. What Experts Know, What Doctors Know, What Moms Know
• I have nothing but sympathy for the staff of the “Orange” shop on New Steet who had to put up with one of these anencephalic noise sources opposite their door for an entire day. Nothing But Greenlights « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
• And in the next months, the Brazilian Supreme Court is to decide whether abortion in cases of anencephalic pregnancies, where the fetus has no brain and is not viable, will be legally permitted as well. Angela Heimburger: Brazil's Mornings After
• In a Finnish study, mothers of anencephalic children were more likely than matched control patients to remember having a cold in the first trimester of pregnancy.
• In response to this challenge, a proponent of the higher-brain approach may either (1) assert that the presentient fetus, PVS patient, and anencephalic infant are not alive despite appearances (Puccetti 1988) or (2) allow that these organisms are alive but are not of the same fundamental kind as we persons: minded beings (McMahan 2002, 423-6). The Definition of Death
• He reminds me that, already, few doctors struggle to save anencephalic babies (those born with only a brain stem and no upper brain) or those with spina bifida.
• It can uncover 90 percent of anencephalic pregnancies and 80 percent of spina bifida cases.
• No one anticipates the need for abortion -- certainly not a woman carrying an anencephalic fetus (lacking a brain) or experiencing a tubal pregnancy. Michele Swenson: Male Entitlement: Church & State Preserve Male Prerogatives, Female Punishments