" The trouble with a living will is that many lawyers, hospitals and some doctors will encourage a person to "err on the side of death," according to articles that I have read. "
I've read similar things, Sun. Seems the primary purpose of Living Wills is to eliminate more people. Recently I read about the origins of Living Wills. They were pushed in England in the 60's or 70's by the Euthanasia Groups. Nice huh.. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Sorry to read about your own experience with a family member and doctors trying to stop food and water. Hopefully there are still many Doctors and Nurses who still value life and spend their energy saving people. Our eyes have been openned and we now realize we have to be on our guard and protect our loved ones from those who agree with the Culture of Death.
As I've posted before, my friend's grandma was dehydrated to death in the 70's - AGAINST HER WILL. The Grandma cried for water, but was denied by the doctor. Because her daughter was a nurse and didn't dare go against the god like Doctors of the hospital, she (my friend's mom) allowed it to happen. Even the death certificate lists the cause of death as - DEHYDRATION~!!!! Unbelieveable, huh. :( :(
I was watching the news this past morning. The Senate is going to issue some sort of an offical apology to those who were Lynched in the South many years ago. What a horrible thing. One of the reasons the Senate of *old* used for not stopping the lynching way back then, was ...get this..They didn't want to interfere with States Rights. Hmmmmm.. where have we heard that before??
I felt sick hearing how people were lynched in the south for doing nothing other than being black. Hedious!! Due Process should be every American's right. Those in the south didn't get it years ago and Terri didn't get it, just months ago. I love our country and want so desperately for us to again, be that Shining Light on a Hill, like Reagan spoke of.
I never had a family member that was withheld food and water; perhaps I was quoting someone else, & that's where the confusion was.
However, my father was overmedicated, not intentionally, but would not eat because he was "snowed under," with the drugs.
My mother told them to cut his meds, and his appetite came back, and my father is doing well, two years later.
Doctors often overprescribe through ignorance and incompetence, as well as intentionally, so family members have to keep an eye on their loved ones.
I was reading that one year 126,000 people died because of LEGAL drugs (and that's the ones they know about).
You are correct about states' rights. States' rights is going overboard, to say the least, when it allows killing. States' rights should not allow killing innocent people - how evil!!
The government's first duty is to protect it's citizens, not kill them.