Posted on 04/15/2010 7:28:56 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
What happens when the patient cannot speak?
This is the man who also issued an EO stopping the enforcement of the protection of conscience rights of doctors, nurses and hospitals - on day one of his administration.
http://www.freedom2care.org/
I’m wondering if this allows “partners” to make decisions on behalf of an incapacitated (comatose) hospitalized person without written power of attorney like a wife/husband or parent can. If there are no formalized relationship documents (marriage licenses, birth certificates) what is the hospital to do.
Otherwise, I can give my POA to the neighbor if I so desire - but there my desires are in writing.
I’m just wondering if they are using the term medical power of attorney as a shortcut for the legal standing to make medical decisions.
All of the gay couples I know have taken care of the papework ahead of time and I live in Iowa, where gay marriage is legal. As with all mandates from on high, reverse it. What if the King decides it is not in your best interests for your children to see you on your death bed? That’s what rankles about this. Citizens gay or straight do not need a tyrannical king telling us what is Mandatory and what is not. Its all about control. This is OT, but similar in regard to the fact now we are all organ donors unless we specifically say otherwise. No matter how you feel about donation, I assume if your child is lying comatose, YOU would want to make the decision, not the government as to when to dc life support. That is where we are heading and these, for now, meaningliness controling Mandates and subsequent feel good press coverage, are basically grooming the populace for tyranny. I say Obama can stick his mandates. We are citizens with rights, not subjects to the King. To you gay couples out there, if you are waiting on a mandate from the King to allow you access to your partner, you need a better lawyer
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