[Qwinn]

I assume the same law is being talked about here:

DO NO HARM. DO LESS HARM. [K. J. Lopez]

During the debate tonight, Democrats in the House have said that the president is inconsistent on Terri Schiavo because when he was governor of Texas he signed a bill that was recently used in a terrible case in Texas to deny lifesaving treatment to a baby against the child’s family’s wishes.

But according to a source familiar with what went down in Texas, the then-governor signed into law something better than what Texas hospitals were already doing. There were not enough votes in the Texas legislature to require life-saving treatment to patients, which is what the governor would have preferred…

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[sinkspur]

Yes. This is the bill. And don't be surprised if the precedent set tonight doesn't get invoked to require federal judges to look at each and every terminally ill case in the United States. Doctors and hospitals are going to be second-guessed at every turn.

If you think health care's expensive now, wait until hospitals start propping up Aunt Gertie in the corner for fear of being taken to federal court.