[lonevoice]

Sen McCalley (?) is up. She says the bill comes before them because of a legislative mistake. They didn't foresee the circumstances of someone not having an end of life directive. She says the recourse is to law, or to the court. If the courts make a decision that looks wrong, the legislature responds. Looks like she's going to vote yes...

[lonevoice]

Make that Sen. Cowin. She's worked in a nursing home. There are times to accept death by starvation...when a patient is comatose. She recognizes that Terri is not comatose.

[Humidston]

She watched starvation of dying comatose... no pain. been on both sides... made decision...difference was that person was in terminal cond. and dying... 3 reasons to pull plug.. had to be in END stage... permanent deteriation...any treatment finished... term. cond. caused by injury or disease.. AND... without treatment death could occur... 3rd persistant vegetative state... UNconscious. I cannot accept it in this case!! There IS cognition!!

(YES... SHE'S GOING TO VOTE YES!)

[Ethan_Allen]

"She says the bill comes before them because of a legislative mistake. They didn't foresee the circumstances of someone not having an end of life directive. She says the recourse is to law, or to the court. If the courts make a decision that looks wrong, the legislature responds. Looks like she's going to vote yes..."

Yes! A person being tried for a capital crime gets TWELVE jurors! Physical disability is NOT a capital crime! There is something wrong with the laws THEY wrote that would give the power to ONE man with conflicts of interest to kill a person not convicted of any crime.