So what do you do about the people who never go on life-support?

[hector459]

Are there families murderers? What about the religions that do not permit some kinds of medical help?

[benddem]

1. Bush signed a bill in 1999

when he was Gov of Texas which allows hospitals and physicians to pull life support if the patient doesn't have any money. No matter what the family wants.

[hector459]

3. If this is true, why isn't this information being made known to the public

What the hell are the Dems doing? Where is the outrage?

[classof56]

2. There is a school of thought among Christian fundamentalists

that subscribes to the notion that those who deny or remove life support are indeed guilty of murder. If that doesn't scare the you-know-what out of us, given their current power base, I'm thinking it should. Any of us who have had to make that terrible decision know how painful and heartwrenching it is in and of itself. Then to have others calling us killers...pretty tough to take!

Tired Old Cynic

[hector459]

4. What's the matter with them? Don't they have faith in their God to heal?

Most are such hypocrites!

[ohio_liberal]

5. It's not normally a controversy

Terri Schiavo has become the poster child. Feeding tubes are regarded as useless, or are removed, every single day in hospices and nursing homes in the US. And no, it's not considered murder.