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Michigan bill would ban medical decisions if adultery is involved
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| 3/22/2005
| Amy F. Bailey
Posted on 03/22/2005 4:03:02 PM PST by Crackingham
A Michigan lawmaker is working on legislation that would prohibit a spouse having an affair from denying food, fluids or medical treatment to a wife or husband who cannot make such decisions.
Rep. Joel Sheltrown on Tuesday said he wants to avoid a situation similar to Terri Schiavo's.
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Sheltrown, a Democrat from West Branch, said Michigan should strengthen its protections before a similar situation happens here.
"While people, in happier times, may trust their spouses to make future medical decisions for them, situations change," Sheltrown said in a statement. "In a situation where an incapacitated patient lives at the mercy of an adulterous spouse, it is in the patient's interest to make a presumption in favor of life."
Michigan law already prohibits the denial of life-sustaining treatment, such as food and water, unless the patient has expressed that such action be taken, said Sheltrown, who expects to introduce the bill in about three weeks.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: adultery; blessedterri; investigatemichael; jesusmercy; prayforterri; schiavo; stupidwasteoftime; tearsforterri; terri; terrischiavo
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To: Crackingham
Good. That'd help clear up the stench in this Florida matter.
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:04:27 PM PST
by
writer33
("In Defense of Liberty," a political thriller, being released in March)
To: Crackingham
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:04:48 PM PST
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: Crackingham
Ohh, good. Now there can be an adultery case tried before anything can be done about someone.
For God's sake, after the Terri Schiavo case everyone understands about Living Wills.
From this day forward, anyone who doesn't have one can be assumed to want to be dead, or to not care.
After all, 80% of people still say they would not want to be kept alive like that.
So9
To: Servant of the 9
LOL. None are so blind as those who will not see.
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:06:57 PM PST
by
jwalsh07
To: Crackingham
"While people, in happier times, may trust their spouses to make future medical decisions for them, situations change," Sheltrown said in a statement....Well, that sums it up quite well .............and by a democrat, no less.
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:07:15 PM PST
by
MamaLucci
(Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
To: Crackingham
I think any spouse who has "moved on" with another partner should forfeit guardianship. No matter what condition the patient is in.
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:07:39 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Pajama Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
To: Crackingham
This is great ,the government getting into the bedroom.
To: Crackingham
Sheltrown, a Democrat Surprise, surprise
A solution in search of a problem
To: Crackingham
This strikes me as a problematic way to deal with the situation. You get into a whole legal issue of proving adultery.
To: writer33
True for MI, but won't do a
thing for this case or FL.
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:11:17 PM PST
by
the Deejay
( I'LL RESPECT YOUR OPINION....IF YOU'LL RESPECT MINE.....)
To: Servant of the 9
LOL, I disagree with you.
Mr. Shiavo claims he can't grant Terry a divorce because it is against his religion.(LOL) But I guess his religion condones adultery??? Come on, who puts any weight in what he says about divorce when he goes and does the second???
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:12:01 PM PST
by
BedRock
("A country that doesn't enforce it's laws will live in chaos, & will cease to exist.")
To: the Deejay
I meant if adopted in Florida.
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:12:46 PM PST
by
writer33
("In Defense of Liberty," a political thriller, being released in March)
To: quantim
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:13:48 PM PST
by
westmichman
(Pray for global warming. Friend of Ronnie -(stolen from The Patriot))
To: sgtbono2002
>>>This is great ,the government getting into the bedroom.
So it's OK with you if a person with a spouse in Terri's situation, and has someone on the side, and then goes to court to have the state kill their spouse?
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:14:27 PM PST
by
Keith in Iowa
(If the detainees in Gitmo were being treated like Terri, the libs would be pissed...)
To: quantim
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:14:49 PM PST
by
Lexinom
(You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.)
To: Crackingham
Logically, this makes some sense.
If your spouse is comatose and you're whooping it up, and popping out kids with another person, the state will give the comatose spouse a de facto divorce.
BTW, Michigan at one time had a strict law on the books that if a husband started running around on his wife, he could be charged with family or spouse abandonment, brought before the court and face the consequences.
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:15:18 PM PST
by
sergeantdave
(Smart growth is Marxist insects agitating for a collective hive.)
To: Dr. Frank fan
You get into a whole legal issue of proving adultery.
In the Schiavo case, with him living with Jodi Cenzone and fathering two children, proving adultery should be a no-brainer.
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:15:20 PM PST
by
garybob
(More sweat in training, less blood in combat.)
To: SandyInSeattle
Well that's precisely why you are not a lawmaker and probably not a lawyer.
You are far too intelligent.
For such good sense to flourish it must be written into law.
let's dance;)
sp
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:16:11 PM PST
by
sodpoodle
(sparrows are underrated)
To: Crackingham
Right. Make a general law to cover a particular case when it is just about too late already, in case it happens in your own state. Need more laws, feed the system. Make a spontaneous Lorentz violation a felony.
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posted on
03/22/2005 4:16:12 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Please correct if cosmic balance requires.)
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