To: kattracks
I don't understand why the Governor should have the power to make decisions on these cases.
Granted, the law is a mess in this area, but granting the Governor dictatorial power over families, doctors and patients is a cure that's worse than the disease.
To: You Dirty Rats
It doesn't give him dictatorial powers. The bill is very specific, you should read it before making such claims.
To: You Dirty Rats
I don't understand why the Governor should have the power to make decisions on these cases. I don't understand why my ex-Governor had the power to let all the murders on Death Row off the hook before he left office. I do understand why the Florida governor has been given the authority to stop the execution of an innocent handicapped woman - She has the Constitutional right to life.
43 posted on
10/21/2003 1:59:38 PM PDT by
m1-lightning
(Pay your taxes with stamps. Maybe they'll get the hint.)
To: You Dirty Rats
Granted, the law is a mess in this area, but granting the Governor dictatorial power over families, doctors and patients is a cure that's worse than the disease.
Not if YOU'RE the person who's being starved to death!
To: You Dirty Rats
Agreed.
120 posted on
10/21/2003 2:53:21 PM PDT by
adam_az
To: You Dirty Rats
Oh shaddap you lilly livered varmint!
Its about protecting life and denying people the "right" to be killed - whether alert or comatose.
To: You Dirty Rats
It is because she had no living will andit was her husbands words against no one else. It is to stop a husband or wife from getting any benefits from a spouse who is unable to say otherwise.
If not this, then when you are in a coma your spouse can say he/she wanted to be unplugged. And they get the life insurance, the house, etc....
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