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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 05:38 PM
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Bush signed law saying spouse may "with-draw life-sustaining treatment"
Making the rounds on the net is a law Baby bush signed in Texas especially section 166.39 which covers cases where there is no living will. The law says that the patient's spouse can make the decision to "withold or with-draw life-sustaining treatment.

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/HS/content/htm/hs.002.00.000166.00.htm

Go to section 39.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 05:41 PM
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1. Last night Sesenbrenner(sp?) said he didn't sign it.
I think he's a lying bastard.
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hollywood926 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 05:42 PM
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2. Shouldn't that be determined on a case by case basis?
For once, G W Bush has said something I agree with.

"This is a complex case with serious issues," Bush said. "But in extraordinary circumstances like this, it is wise to always err on the side of life."

In this case, the husband should go home to his new family and leave this young woman in the hands of the people who love her.
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stopbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 05:45 PM
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3. Er, you assume that the "people who love her" are the people
who want to keep her going in a totally vegetative state without any hope of recovery.

Where's the love in that?

I'll leave it to others to make the opposite case...which is just as compelling.
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girl gone mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 05:56 PM
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5. The "people who love her"
said that they would force her to be kept alive even if they knew it was against her wishes.

They aren't concerned with what she wanted.
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hollywood926 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 06:24 PM
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13. OK, you're right. Her parents don't love her.
They have a hidden agenda. They hate their daughter and want sit in the hospital room and eat popcorn and chuckle at her.

"Aren't concerned with what she wanted." Jesus Christ. This is sad.
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sonicx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 06:29 PM
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15. It's sad and true. They said so in court....
They would keep her alive even if she said don't do it.
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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 06:32 PM
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17. They put her on tv in her current state.
That's normally called using someone.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 06:40 PM
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18. They ADMITTED in court they would defy her wishes.
Their love doesn't trump HER rights.
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 05:56 PM
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6. To hell with that idea!
I'd never forgive my wife leaving my death in the hands of the religiously insane!
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 05:58 PM
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7. Why do you assume Michael Schiavo doesn't still love her?
This issue has been in the Florida courts for YEARS. Why does the (p)resident think he knows better than Michael Schiavo and the Florida court system?
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 06:04 PM
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8. Her husband is HER appointed guardian.
Still opposed to her right to choose, I see.
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sonicx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 06:04 PM
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9. 1. Bush doesn't believe that, hence the Texas law (u agree with that too?)
Edited on Mon Mar-21-05 06:05 PM by sonicx
Bush doesn't give a shit about Terri. It's politics.

2. The family wants to keep her alive even if she didn't want it.
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 06:07 PM
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10. You Know
It's too bad he didn't have this same thought prior to invading Iraq.
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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 06:14 PM
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11. The husband is clearly doing what he thinks is the right thing
to do. He gave up a million dollars, he waited many years before he gave up. And he continues to fight on in the face of her family who manage to find every tv camera in the vicinity, the White House, the U.S. Congress and Senate, and as many religious maniacs as can manage to gather outside the hospice to harass those inside.
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sonicx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 06:27 PM
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14. Why won't the family carry out Terri's wishes even if she wrote it down?
He is protecting her request because her family is selfish.
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cornermouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 06:32 PM
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16. How many years should he have remained celibate
to please you? Should he throw himself on a funeral pyre when she dies to make the neos happy? Sounds like some people will not be happy unless he does...
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 06:41 PM
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19. Because he is carrying out her wishes.
Too bad you're opposed to her right to self determination.
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 05:53 PM
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4. Actually, the bill says it can be done WITHOUT parental or spousal consent
The bill says the hospital can pull the plug even if the parents or spouses are against it.

And it's only used for poor patients.
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 06:45 PM
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20. Bingo - Hospitals, not guardians, can pull the plug in Texas
This just happened with a six-month-old baby who was on a respirator. The mother had no insurance and they pulled the plug against her wishes, all thanks to a bill our Religiously Insane president signed into law.
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 09:19 PM
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21. She tried to get another hospital to take the baby
But none of them would take the baby.

So much for the oath of doing no harm.
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