[lit-ideas] Re: Right to Life, Right to Die

  • From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:24:12 -0800

Below is the secret memo that the Republican party gave to its members in 
Congress. This led 
to their extraordinary vote in Congress to create a law for Schiavo, for which 
Bush flew to 
Washington to sign on a Sunday midnight. Polls show that 70-80% of Americans 
think the 
Republicans are doing this just for political grandstanding. Bush's polls 
dropped 7% in one 
week. Bush is "on vacation" to keep him out of media attention. Since the 
polls, the 
Republicans have dropped the issue.

yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com


 S. 529., The Incapacitated Person's Legal Protection Act

* Teri Schiavo is subject to an order that her feeding tubes will be 
disconnected on March 
18, 2005 at 1p.m.

* The Senate needs to act this week before the Budget Act is pending business, 
or Teri's 
family will not have a remedy in federal court.

* This is an important moral issue and the pro-life base will be excited that 
the Senate is 
debating this important issue.

* This is a great political issue, because Senator Nelson of Florida - has 
already refused 
to become a cosponsor and this is a tough issue for Democrats.

* The bill is very limited and defines custody as "those parties authorized or 
directed by a 
court order to withdraw or withhold food, fluids, or medical treatment."

* There is an exemption for proceeding "which no party disputes, and the court 
finds, that 
the incapacitated person while having capacity, had executed a written advance 
directive 
valid under applicably law that clearly authorized the withholding or 
withdrawal of food or 
fluids or medical treatment in the applicable circumstances."

* Incapacitated persons are defined as those "presently incapable of making 
relevant 
decisions concerning the provision, withholding or withdrawal of food fluids or 
medical 
treatment under applicable state law."

* This legislation ensures that individuals like Teri Schiavo are guaranteed 
the same legal 
protections as convicted murderers like Ted Bundy. 

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