Posted on 07/10/2021 10:41:57 AM PDT by Marchmain
Siding with hospital bureaucracy
Texas law allows hospitals to unilaterally decide when to end treatment for a patient. This decision discounts the religious beliefs of patients and their families. Church Militant's Trey Blanton highlights the forces that are allowing passive euthanasia to persist in the Lone Star State...
The Texas Advanced Directives Act allows hospitals to end treatment, even when there are still viable options for recovery, unless families can find a hospital willing to accept transfer within 10 days. ....
"Experience has taught us, if we can learn anything based on the scores of families we've heard from, I think we've learned that 10 days is not enough time for that transfer."
The 10-day rule incentivizes hospitals to end treatment because it's easier than fighting for life. The hospital's decision trumps religious considerations or moral conscience of patients who want to live till the end of their natural life.
Senator Hughes continues:
You should know this, [section] 166.046 in the Health and Safety code does not limit this process to terminal patients. Patients who were cognizant, who were able to speak. One was able to write, "No. I want to live," and gave that to her loved one right before they began to withdraw treatment from her.
Fort Worth bishop Michael Olson has sided with the hospitals, opposing patients' right to live. Olson told legislators people should not cling to life because it shows a lack of hope in the hereafter, and, also, doctors should be trusted to know what's best. Olson explains, "It's not unlike a patient who comes in and demands hormonal treatment at the age of 13 or 14 because of transgender therapy and the physician says to the patient or parent, 'I don't think this is right. I think it is morally unethical.'"
(Excerpt) Read more at churchmilitant.com ...
What are they??? Pro-life only when it’s on their terms..There is a “new” prolife group on facebook that says they aren’t like the old strident pro-lifers....It’s called the New pro-life movement....What it does is condemn pro-lifers....A lot.....
This argument is bogus and unfounded in reality and faith!
“Olson told legislators people should not cling to life because it shows a lack of hope in the hereafter, and, also, doctors should be trusted to know what’s best.”
This is about Doctors and Hospitals prioritizing their bottom line over the best interests of the patient.
As for the patient’s desire to “cling to life” and “lack of hope in the hereafter”, I’d like to know how many patients the Bishop has talked with to come to such a ridiculous conclusion.
Another disappointing bishop. The Church needs leadership badly.
Remember, not all the bishops are pro-murder; many are pro-life and just got out-voted.
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