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To: Gelato
"If you're not married, if you're gay, or a common-law wife or husband who've been together for a long time, if this law holds up, then your mom is going to make the decisions, not your partner. You have no legal rights. They're out the window."

A bald faced lie.

2 posted on 10/23/2003 8:28:26 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07
BTTT!!
5 posted on 10/23/2003 8:34:27 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Logan's Home! Logan's Home! Logan's Home! Logan's Home! Logan's Home!)
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To: jwalsh07
The reporters don't even bother to read at the wording in Jeb's EO after the Law was passed: "authorizing the Governor to issue a one-time stay in certain cases where, as of October 15, 2003, the action of withholding or withdrawing nutrition or hydration from a patient in a permanent vegetative state has already occurred and there is no written advance directive and a family member has challenged the withholding or withdrawing of nutrition and hydration."
18 posted on 10/23/2003 8:56:23 PM PDT by JulieRNR21 (Take W-04....Across America!)
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To: jwalsh07
Damn right its a lie. Its the same lie the gays use to legalize gay marriage. For starters, if you are not married, get a power of attorney. Then draft a DNR.

87 posted on 10/24/2003 4:45:46 AM PDT by dc27
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To: jwalsh07
"When did the Florida Legislature decide it couldn't trust its courts? The principle here is: Let a spouse make the decisions for their loved ones because they know them best."

"If you're not married, if you're gay, or a common-law wife or husband who've been together for a long time, if this law holds up, then your mom is going to make the decisions, not your partner. You have no legal rights. They're out the window."

As I understand it, without a living will, you have no say in the matter if you can't speak anymore. It is left to your loved ones and the state, and that includes parents, relatives and children as well as any interested parties. The law is clear, you need demonstrable proof you really decided to die, and absent your own testimony, you need a notarized document such as living will. How simple can you get?

No one wants to live in a vegetative state on tubes forever, but no one really knows if they will. But the mere fact that I might have some day said I wished someone would die is not the legal equivalent of killing them, including myself.

122 posted on 10/24/2003 9:06:43 AM PDT by Held_to_Ransom
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To: jwalsh07
a bald face lie.....I agree!
154 posted on 10/24/2003 12:48:03 PM PDT by countrydummy
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