Catholic Bishops Vote to Reaffirm Food and Water for Coma Patients

Catholic Bishops Vote to Reaffirm Food and Water for Coma Patients
LifeNews.com ^ | November 18, 2009 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 11/18/2009 12:44:13 PM PST by julieee

Baltimore, MD -- The nation's Catholic bishops have agreed to strengthen the requirement that Catholic hospitals give food and water to comatose or patients in a so-called "vegetative" state. The move drew praise and support from the family of Terri Schiavo, whose former husband killed in her by removing her nutrition.

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1 posted on 11/18/2009 12:44:16 PM PST by julieee

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Are these the same flaming Catholic Bishops who gave the go-ahead for Pelosi-care?

2 posted on 11/18/2009 1:05:28 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Ask not what the Kennedys can do for you, but what you can do for the Kennedys.)

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