Tuesday, March 22, 2005
The Republican Hypocrisy Train Rolls Along
If you read my earlier post, you know that while Tom DeLay and George W. Bush were going out of their way to "save" Terri Schiavo, a newborn in Houston, Texas, was disconnected from a respirator and allowed to die. The child's mother had asked doctors to keep the respirator connected in the hope that the baby would be strong enough to breathe without assistance in a few days.
That child died because of a law in Texas that allows doctors and hospitals to turn off life support when they feel the effort has become futile. That law, the Advance Directives Act, was signed in 1999 by...guess who...George W. Bush.
Thankfully, this story is actually getting some major media coverage. ABC is running a story today.
On another (but related) note, many people still misunderstand exactly how incapacitated Terri Schiavo is. She cannot eat. She cannot chew. She cannot swallow. The "feeding tube" is inserted directly into her G.I. tract and pumps a specially balanced liquid formula that her body can easily digest. The right-wing nutjob protestors that tried to carry bottled water and sliced bread to her ought to be slapped.
That child died because of a law in Texas that allows doctors and hospitals to turn off life support when they feel the effort has become futile. That law, the Advance Directives Act, was signed in 1999 by...guess who...George W. Bush.
Thankfully, this story is actually getting some major media coverage. ABC is running a story today.
On another (but related) note, many people still misunderstand exactly how incapacitated Terri Schiavo is. She cannot eat. She cannot chew. She cannot swallow. The "feeding tube" is inserted directly into her G.I. tract and pumps a specially balanced liquid formula that her body can easily digest. The right-wing nutjob protestors that tried to carry bottled water and sliced bread to her ought to be slapped.
