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Oct. 21st, 2003 05:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrThis *sucks*.
The Florida legislature and Governor have denied a Florida woman the right to die. Her husband, in accordance with her wishes before hand, had asked doctors to remove a feeding tube. Her parents had blocked this. It'd gone all the way to the Supreme Court who decline to hear the case.
So the Governor asked the legislature to pass a bill giving him the authority to order the tube replaced.
I hope to hell that *this* DOES get to the Supreme Court and the legislature and governor get slapped down.
The Florida legislature and Governor have denied a Florida woman the right to die. Her husband, in accordance with her wishes before hand, had asked doctors to remove a feeding tube. Her parents had blocked this. It'd gone all the way to the Supreme Court who decline to hear the case.
So the Governor asked the legislature to pass a bill giving him the authority to order the tube replaced.
I hope to hell that *this* DOES get to the Supreme Court and the legislature and governor get slapped down.
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Date: 2003-10-21 06:36 pm (UTC)And the woman never stated specifically that she'd rather die, at least never in writing. It's just the "husband's" word on that. I put husband in quotes because he hasn't acted like a husband at all. He just wants the money he's going to get when she dies. Why can't he just divorce her to marry the woman he is living with and producing children with? Her parents love her and want to take care of her, but every time they've ever tried to get therapy or any kind of real medical help for her the "husband" has gotten restraining orders keeping them from even seeing their daughter.
So yeah, I agree with you. :-)