[ladyrustic]

People are outraged because this woman's parents love her dearly, and want to take her under their own care. They insist that she recognizes them and tries to respond when they talk to her.

The woman sits up, smiles, and all her systems are functioning except that she cannot feed herself so a feeding tube has been inserted to provide her with nourishment.

The woman's husband, however, will have none of it. He wants her dead, and he has a monetary incentive to seek her death, in that he gets control of a huge amount of money that was awarded in a malpractice suit if she dies. He will not allow the parents to take over the care of their daughter. He will not divorce his invalid wife either, even though he is living with a woman and they have two children together.

This husband will not even allow nurses to try to feed his wife, and in fact has removed visitation priviledges from the woman's siblings, when they tried one day to feed her a bit of pudding.

This man has gone to court and won an order to remove the woman's feeding tube, which will cause her to die of dehydration or starvation. He wants her to be killed, although she is deeply loved by her family. They want her, but he is killing her anyway. Hence our outrage.

As far as I'm concerned, a feeding tube is not artificial life support... It's no different than holding a spoonful of soup to a badly injured person-- the least we can do for our fellow man.

[Capitalist Eric]

As far as I'm concerned, a feeding tube is not artificial life support... It's no different than holding a spoonful of soup to a badly injured person-- the least we can do for our fellow man.

Thank you for the synopsis. Ironically, it was all I was really hoping to hear.

Good day.

[huck von finn]

This husband will not even allow nurses to try to feed his wife, and in fact has removed visitation priviledges from the woman's siblings, when they tried one day to feed her a bit of pudding.

Feeding her anything without a physician's recommendation would be an incredibly stupid thing to do. Isn't one of the problems that she cannot swallow?