[Peach]

On the floor of the House (two Sundays ago when they had their emergency session), several Congressmen, at least one of whom is a doctor, said that every day thousands of people have feeding tubes and other life saving equipment disconnected.

Previous to that, I had been using the number hundreds.

Several freepers have said that it happens in hospitals and nursing homes and hospices every single day.

USA Today had an article that I asked someone to post but no one ever did (we subscribe to the magazine) that said that feeding tubes were removed every day of the week all year long in this country with no fanfare after families and their doctors consulted and decided there was no hope.

[Kimba]

USA Today had an article that I asked someone to post but no one ever did (we subscribe to the magazine) that said that feeding tubes were removed every day of the week all year long in this country with no fanfare after families and their doctors consulted and decided there was no hope.

I wonder what makes this case so different?

[Diva Betsy Ross]

That is true that feeding tubes do get pulled on terminally ill people everyday. I have had a personal experience with that- as many have.

But Terri was not dying- until the government started to starve her 11 or 12 days ago.

This may be a fine point to you- but there is a huge difference between a right to kill issue and a right to die issue.

[TAdams8591]

You erroneously seem to think the more frequently an immoral act occurs, the less wrong it becomes.

If thousands of people are STARVED and DEHYDRATED to death daily, a fact I have not been unaware of, there is a larger moral dilemma than many people previously thought.

[Cboldt]

deport was the one asking the question ... not sure you caught that in the post. I'm curious too, but you and I already concluded our exchange.

Peach:On the floor of the House (two Sundays ago when they had their emergency session), several Congressmen, at least one of whom is a doctor, said that every day thousands of people have feeding tubes and other life saving equipment disconnected. Previous to that, I had been using the number hundreds. Several freepers have said that it happens in hospitals and nursing homes and hospices every single day.
USA Today had an article that I asked someone to post but no one ever did (we subscribe to the magazine) that said that feeding tubes were removed every day of the week all year long in this country with no fanfare after families and their doctors consulted and decided there was no hope.