Looks like the Texas Futile Care law doesn't stand up under the spotlight!
...................................
Austin, TX (LifeNews.com) -- Texas legislators debated a bill on Thursday that would stop hospitals from involuntarily euthanizing some of their most vulnerable patients. The legislation revises the futility care law that has come under national condemnation for allowing medical facilities to give families just 10 days to find places to care for their loved ones.
With names such as Emilio Gonzales and Andrea Clark making the headlines, pro-life advocates and disability rights activists have complained about the futility care law.
The statute allows hospitals and other medical facilities that believe a patient is too far gone to help to give their families just 10 days to find another facility that will offer the treatment or lifesaving medical care.
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee head testimony in favor of the measure, which would void the 10-day allowance.
Sen. Bob Deuell, a physician, is the sponsor of the bill, Senate Bill 439, which would still allow doctors and hospitals to relinquish care of a patient but only after the patient has been successfully transferred to another physician or hospital willing to honor the patient's directive......................................
"We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest."
Texas Legislature Debates Bill to Scrap 10-Day Futility Care Law
8mm
