....sorry if a dupe....
why isn't anyone in the media mentioning this dichotomy? pResident "culture of life" seemed quite the opposite back in texas, not only with his love of the death penalty but also in signing the futile care law....http://salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html?blog=/politics/war_room/2005/03/21/schiavo4/index.htmlA Texas woman named Wanda Hudson watched her six-month-old baby die in her arms after doctors removed the breathing tube that kept him alive. Hudson didn't want the tube removed, but the baby's doctors decided for her. A judge signed off on the decision under the Texas futile care law -- a provision first signed into law in 1999 by then-Gov. George W. Bush.
Under the 1999 law, doctors in Texas can, with the support of a hospital ethics committee, can overrule the wishes of family members and terminate life-support measures if they believe further care would be futile. Bush signed the bill after interested parties, including anti-abortion activists, agreed on compromise language that required hospitals to give families 10 days' notice before terminating care and to help families find an alternative treatment facility that would continue care instead.
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