Cal Thomas: What Lies Beneath

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THE debate - OK, the shouting match - we are having over "health- care reform" is about many things, including cost, who gets help and who does not and who, or what, gets to make that determination.

Underlying it all is a larger question: Is human life something special? Is it to be valued more highly than, say, plants and pets? When someone is in a "persistent vegetative state" do we mean to say that person is equal in value to a carrot?

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Cal Thomas: What Lies Beneath

Are we now assigning worth to human life, or does it arrive with its own pre-determined value, irrespective of race, class, IQ, or disability?

The bottom line is not th...

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