Posted on 03/24/2005 10:24:20 AM PST by spycatcher
Here in WV they gave us 72 hours to try to find another
hospital once the meeting (which they never actually
called an Ethics Committee meeting) decided to stop all
care for our mother. I assumed this is the same in every
state?
He's, also, denied her last rites...Isn't that denying her religious freedom?? I heard on the Today show that the Judge(Greer?) ordered ALL law enforcement to respond if Bush tries to take her into protective custody
Where has Larry Klayman been all this time?
jeb.bush@myflorida.com
Frankly, if this goes on after noon tomorrow, I will begin to think it more humane to let her go than bring her body through the trauma of recovery.
But, Jeb can act tonight one minute after midnight and not have to go to court until Monday.
Tell Jeb save her!
Whats the matter with Larry doesn't he realize that were killing someone!
Jeb might be toast whichever way he chooses to proceed. If that's the case, he might as well end it by doing the right thing. If he pulls something out of his executive bag of tricks the Dems, the idiots that support them, the media, and a lot of pundits will be all over Jeb and maybe a few on the right side, but that's always the case--at least he will have most conservatives supporting him. If he doesn't act, he's going to have the Dems still hating him like usual plus a lot of conservatives.
What in the hell do you expect?
Did J. Orlin Grabbe's invitation get lost in the mail?
From a NRO Corner article:
In August 1996 the Journal of the American Medical Association published an article describing procedures then in effect in Houston hospitals. Under these procedures, if a doctor wished to deny a patient lifesaving medical treatment and the patient or the patient's surrogate instead steadfastly expressed a desire for life, the doctor would submit the case to the hospital ethics committee. The patient or surrogate would be given 72 hours notice of the committee meeting would be allowed to plead for the patient's life at it. During that short 72 hour period, the patient or surrogate, while preparing to argue for life, could also try to find another health care provider willing to give the lifesaving treatment, food or fluids.
If the ethics committee decided for death, under these procedures there was no appeal. There was no provision that the food, fluids, or lifesaving treatment be provided after the decision while the patient or family tried to find another hospital willing to keep the patient alive.
So under these procedures, the hospitals in Houston were denying life-saving treatment, food and fluids against the wishes of patients and their families, when the hospital ethics committees said their quality of life was too poor. Patients and families were being given only 72 hours after being notified of the proposed denial to find another health care provider.
In 1997 there was an advance directives bill going through the Texas legislature that would have given specific legal sanction to such involuntary denial of life-saving treatment. An effort in the Texas legislature to amend the bill to require treatment pending transfer to a health care provider willing to provide the life-saving treatment had been defeated. When that bill reached Governor George Bush’s desk, he vetoed it, and said he was vetoing it precisely because it authorized hospitals to deny lifesaving medical treatment, food, and fluids against the will of the patients.
But even without that bill, these procedures were still going on. So there was an effort in the next sitting of the legislature, in 1999, to pass protective legislation. Unfortunately, the votes just weren’t there to require lifesaving treatment, food, or fluids be provided by unwilling hospitals. So there were negotiations that resulted in a bill that gave partial protection. That 1999 bill:
first, formalized more protections for in-hospital review second, gave patients 10 days of treatment while seeking transfer, and third, authorized court proceedings to extend the 10 days for reasonable additional periods to accomplish transfer.
Thanks BikerNY, I'll do that. I ride too, which is part of the reason I'm so interested in this. I do everything I can to reduce the potential for injury and increase my odds of surviving a crash (always wear a helmet & armor, ride defensively and with caution, never drink & ride, etc). But nevertheless, if my luck runs out I most certainly do not want to be kept in a state like Terri Schiavo for 15 years.
I don't think so.
As expected, Greer denies...........Gov. Bush is the last hope.
I agree, this is too big an issue to hope that people will not form opinions.
A backlash.
You have to have made the nuttiest,most irrational,lunatic fringe post I have ever seen. Hysterical flaming is not going to save Terri. Get a grip,this is not the time to be committed to a funny farm.
"Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, and we will kill them under state law."
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