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.
Aren't you a states "righter"?
Endless stipulations....and the beat goes on.
I particulary like the "email girlfiend."
Cyber girlfiend is good, too.
ROFL!!
LOL, welcome to the club.
Hey, all politicians in your bedroom, all the time. Isn't that the new motto of the GOP?
Second carbonated sinus wash of the day.
So Hitlery no longer has spousal privilege when mr. grifter goes under the knife?
Huh?
You holding back brother?
LOL!
States rights, remember? Or at least until some judge makes a decision that a group doesn't like and then the Congress steps in, then the President, then who knows who else.
Yes.
But unfortunately our US Supreme Court doesn't always see things that way.
Yeah. Say a woman is hospitalized and all messed up, and her husband has to make the call (a call that might be 'she lives,' you know).
Wait a second! Some idiot comes in and points out that the loving hubby had sex with his secretary at the Christmas party 4 months ago! FOUL!
So does that qualify as adultery? Now he has no say in the matter? So who gets the say then? Parents? What if they aren't any. Siblings? Then who?
People should just get living wills - while not perfect, they do make the person's intent crystal clear.
It is possible that, for example, a married woman can be getting sex from that hunky UPS guy once a month every time he delivers one of those monthly baskets of fruit (that her hubby got her!), and still dearly love her husband and make a fair and wise call on his life.
Then again, maybe not.
Sheesh!
Taking a look in the last few days......it appears so.
Yes. Let's also consider a bill that requires that nanny staters look in the spouse's trash.
If they find more than six empty beer bottles, the offending spouse is immediately disqualified from any standing in the case.
Do you realize that, had the Schindlers agreed to remove the feeding tube eight years ago, it would have been removed?
This is not about saving Terri Schiavo. It's about the Schindler's versus their son-in-law.
The Florida law allows this to happen. Direct your ire toward the Florida legislature. It's up to them to change the law so that judges can't make this decision.
Did you hear the statement by the Schindler's? That Terri will "burn in hell" if she dies this way.
These people are nuts. Absolutely, friggin' nuts!!
My apologies.
I have no intention of testing the constitutionality of this legislation. But surely someone else will.
And I think it's so interesting that now when family members have an agenda and get into arguments about this matter, we can petition Congress AND the president.
Who knew they had so much time on their hands?
Of course, we're going to need a LOT more judges. But hey, no problem. We all love lawyers so much and all.
I still don't believe Mr. Schiavo has done a fraction of the terrible things attributed to him by the Save Terri Coalition however.
With as long as this has been litigated and as many judges reviewing it, it would be impossible for a judge not to sustain an objection thrown by the opposing lawyers.
And I continue to be surprised how many people who consider themselves conservative happily support the expansion of government and additional laws as long as they perceive any temporary gain.
Why stop there.
All of this on going medical care is going to cost someone right? So let's up the cost of that, oh and Insurance premiums too.
This is just great.
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