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.........................The need for young people to have a living will or power of attorney became evident in the Terri Schiavo case in 2005.
Schiavo, of Florida, died after a long battle between her spouse and parents about whether to go forward with life-prolonging treatment.
She was admitted to the hospital at age 26 after losing consciousness due to complications from an eating disorder and remained in a vegetative state for 15 years.
After Schiavo's feeding tube was removed, she died two weeks later.
Becker said had Schiavo drafted a living will, it might have prevented the arguments between her husband and parents because the decision would not have been up to them.
"Having a living will is like saying, 'This is what I want to happen to me if this happens,'" Becker said. "Having the power of attorney is appointing someone to make those decisions if you're not able to.".................
Mother says even young adults need wills
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A recent AP news report has concluded, after compiling the results of numerous studies over the years, that there is a strong and disturbing link between severe child abuse and non-traditional family environments. In the article' words:
"[Scholars and caseworkers] note an ever increasing share of America's children grow up in homes without both biological parents, and say the risk of child abuse is markedly higher in the nontraditional family structures."
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I am not sure what is going over at the progressive AP, but the report's conclusions demonstrate in utterly stark terms a fundamental truth that conservatives have held dear since the time of Aristotle (or, if you are from China, since at least the time of Confucius): Natural Law. I was told once by a very smart professor that Aristotle was much smarter than I was, and he was right. He also told me that Aristotle would resurface every now and then, in the form of nature, to remind us in often ugly ways, of our excesses, and of our proper limits. We know, for example, that study after study demonstrates a link between abortion and depression, and abortion and suicide. We also know now that there are studies showing strong connections between abortion and breast cancer. Aristotle's great Christian interpreter, St. Thomas Aquinas, argued that divorce was also unnatural, and that two parent families were natural:
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I resent that we now must file legal paperwork requesting that which has always been provided as a matter of common decency. Never before in the history of this great nation has our government had the power to subject us to death, merely for failing to fill out paperwork they claim is optional.