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To: Lane3 who wrote (105557)	3/23/2005 9:08:52 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793848

The liberal blogs, like Kos, and the Christian ones have been posting on it. The Texas Futile Care Law Submitted by Renee in Ohio on Mon, 03/21/2005 - 12:07am. Christian Right therightchristians.org Thank you, Dale, for pointing out this piece from Digby. It's on the front page of Kos now as well. Very troubling... By now most people who read liberal blogs are aware that George W. Bush signed a law in Texas that expressly gave hospitals the right to remove life support if the patient could not pay and there was no hope of revival, regardless of the patient's family's wishes. It is called the Texas Futile Care Law. Under this law, a baby was removed from life support against his mother's wishes in Texas just this week. A 68 year old man was given a temporary reprieve by the Texas courts just yesterday. So, Mr. Delay, can you explain that ethical system of yours that leads you to say "Mrs. Schiavo's life is not slipping away - it is being violently wrenched from her body in an act of medical terrorism" but not go to the mat to save a 6 month old boy in your own state whose mother wanted to choose life? And I found this to be particularly galling... Republicans defined their extraordinary efforts in the context of the sanctity of life: “A society is judged by the way that it treats its most vulnerable citizens,” said Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind. You mean vulnerable citizens like Baby Hudson? I just read the story, and it sounds like the baby's really was hopeless (a fatal genetic disorder characterized by a tiny chest and lungs too small to support life.) But still, these are the words of his mother: "I wanted life for my son," Hudson said Tuesday. "The hospital gave up on him too soon." There are a lot of gray areas in these situations. But at least I admit that. It would be nice if people like Tom Delay could also admit to the limits of their knowledge in such complicated, heartbreaking situations--rather than using these issues for political grandstanding.