No, the two are not considered the same, either medically and, in many? most? states not legally. Often the parents of a very early born child and/or a child with sever disabilities are given the choice if they want to make every possible effort or if they want to issue a DNR (do not resuscitate) much the way elderly…

Somehow that change was not much publicized. I’m a professor, and only learned of this fierce hate of the two spaces a few years ago, and only because I read it in a Jezabel/Huffpost/etc. type article. I am working hard to “reform,” but since I touch type there are times my fingers don’t bother to check in with my…