[kittymyrib]

I'm old enough to remember when abortion was made legal by the Supreme Court. The press said that there would not be more than 100,000 abortions a year. Thirty-five million dead babies later, we see that the liberals lied.
Don't kid yourself. Terri's death was used to hype the Living Will. This gives judges the power over life and death, because in the GA case, the judge clearly ruled against the stipulations of this woman's wishes. Judges do that, you know.
Our worthless legislators need to get some laws protecting the lives of those with a Living Will in place, because euthanasia is obviously the next big thing for the culture of death. In our utilitarian world, the elderly will be just as defenseless as the unborn child is, as others decide who will live and who will die based on convenience and "quality of life" criteria.

[Gondring]

I'm old enough to remember when abortion was made legal by the Supreme Court. The press said that there would not be more than 100,000 abortions a year. Thirty-five million dead babies later, we see that the liberals lied.

Who said liberals ever had respect for individuals?!? You just illustrated my point.

Don't kid yourself. Terri's death was used to hype the Living Will.

Uh, I don't think that's why the Schindler's fought things.

This gives judges the power over life and death, because in the GA case, the judge clearly ruled against the stipulations of this woman's wishes. Judges do that, you know.

From what I can see in retrospect, it now seems like the judge didn't rule against the woman's wishes, since he ruled that things would be decided by the panel of doctors.

Our worthless legislators need to get some laws protecting the lives of those with a Living Will in place, because euthanasia is obviously the next big thing for the culture of death.

Agreed. Protecting the lives, and protecting the rights, of them. Some of us focus on palliative care in our living wills, some on life at all costs, some on family burdens, some on "loss of independence," etc. Whatever we choose, it should be respected. Euthanasia is part of that, but it MUST be voluntary, or have the rules laid out clearly (such as how the spousal relationship has always been respected for such decisions, or a health care proxy's. or with durable power of attorney).