--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, rgjcm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The Seattle Times > > > > As governor, Bush signed right-to-die law > > > > WASHINGTON — The federal law that President Bush signed early > > yesterday in an effort to prolong Terri Schiavo's life appears to > > contradict a right-to-die law that he signed as Texas governor, > > prompting cries of hypocrisy from congressional Democrats and some > > bioethicists. > > > > In 1999, then-Gov. Bush signed the Advance Directives Act, which > > lets a patient's surrogate make life-ending decisions on his or her > > behalf. The measure also allows Texas hospitals to disconnect > > patients from life-sustaining systems if a physician, in > > consultation with a hospital bioethics committee, concludes that the > > patient's condition is hopeless. > > > > Bioethicists familiar with the Texas law said yesterday that if the > > Schiavo case had occurred in Texas, her husband would be the legal > > decision-maker and, because he and her doctors agreed that she had > > no hope of recovery, her feeding tube would be disconnected. > > > > While Congress and the White House were considering legislation in > > the Schiavo case, the Texas law faced its first high-profile test. > > With the permission of a judge, a Houston hospital cut off life > > support for a badly deformed 6-month-old baby last week against his > > mother's wishes after doctors determined that continuing life > > support would be futile. The baby died almost immediately. > > > > "The mother down in Texas must be reading the Schiavo case and > > scratching her head," said Dr. Howard Brody, the director of > > Michigan State University's Center for Ethics and Humanities in the > > Life Sciences. "This does appear to be a contradiction." > +++++ Definitely a contradiction- > The case, being such a high profile one and putting so much > pressure on, he had to bend the other way. > It looks like a last gasp of the will of the people having some > affect although I am not sure at this point it will be in time. > The government used to be a reflection of the will of the people > and by the people etc. but somewhere along the line it has become > reversed. N.
The will of what people, the hypocrites in the congress? Most people are of the opinion she should be allowed to die because of her wishes and the husbands as well as the dozen courts and the doctors involved. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
