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Phoenix, AZ (LifeNews.com) -- Last week, the Arizona Senate approved a patient care bill that offers protection for patients like Terri Schiavo who are unable to communicate their medical treatment desires. The Senate voted for the patient care measure on a 17-9 vote on May 12. Cathi Herrod, the president of the Center for Arizona Policy, tells LifeNews.com the bill is based on the real-life story of Jesse Ramirez. On October 19, only months after being nearly dehydrated to death when his feeding tube was removed, Jesse Ramirez walked out of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix on his own two legs. Ramirez is lucky to be alive. Early last June, a mere one week after a serious auto accident left him unconscious, his wife Rebecca and doctors decided he would never recover and pulled his feeding tube. He went without food and water for five long days. The bill requires the court to issue an order to restore food and fluid to a patient if it has been improperly removed. The Senate recognized Jesse and his family, who were present in the gallery for the vote. The bill now goes to the House for a final vote.
Arizona Senate Approves Patient Care Bill to Protect Disabled Patients
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Our next Empowering Women Lecture is Sept. 16, featuring Kathryn Hinsch of the Women's Bioethics Project. The rapid advance of biotechnology is quickly outpacing our ability as a society to absorb the effect it will have on our lives. From stem-cell research to the Schiavo case, bioethics has created a whole new world of issues and questions. Dr. Heather Cunliffe, cancer research scientist for TGEN and YWCA board member, will join Kathryn in the lecture and discussion. This will be very interesting conversation.
YWCA seeks to eliminate racism, empower women
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