FYI: A Thin View of 'Life'

[Da Prinz]

REPLY TO: D66 at nic.surfnet.nl

Het was gewoon een political move van Bush that
backfired.. Bush die 150 mensen liet executeren in
Texas, (waar op basis van past experience verscheidene
onschuldigen tussen zaten;)had in een delusionaire
staat de wat simplistische verwachting dat een Wet,
die op Zondag door onvolledig Congress geramd werd,
een succes zou worden voor de stilborn christians.
Niet dus. Het gescheiden systeem tussen de wetgevende
en uitvoerende macht werktte zoals bedoeld!
Toen de Supreme Court een hearing weigerde was de zaak
beklonken en had Bush egg on his face.. full stop.

DaPrinz



--- W.E.vandeGriendt at utwente.nl wrote:

> REPLY TO: D66 at nic.surfnet.nl
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> washingtonpost.com
>
> A Thin View of 'Life'
> By E. J. Dionne Jr.
>
> Friday, March 25, 2005; Page A19
> FORT MYERS, Fla. -- What does it mean to be
> pro-life?
> The label is thrown around in American politics so
> blithely that you'd
> imagine it refers to some workaday issue such as a
> tax bill or a trade
> agreement. Might the one good thing to come out of
> the rancid politics
> surrounding the Terri Schiavo case be a serious
> discussion of the meaning of
> that term?
> To begin with, why did Congress feel an obligation
> to turn Schiavo's tragedy
> into a federal case? President Bush's answer was
> compelling: "In a case such
> as this, the legislative branch, the executive
> branch ought to err on the
> side of life."
> You don't have to be a religious conservative to
> agree with that or to worry
> about prematurely allowing someone to die. But what,
> exactly, does "a case
> such as this" mean? Does it refer to one that
> received widespread publicity
> and became a major national cause for the
> right-to-life movement? Does it
> refer to one in which the parents and the spouse
> disagree?
> There are countless decisions made every week when a
> family member removes
> someone they love from life support. Just over a
> week ago, a 5 1/2-month-old
> baby named Sun Hudson died after doctors at Texas
> Children's Hospital
> removed the breathing tube that had kept him alive.
> It was removed over his
> mother's opposition under the provisions of the 1999
> Texas Advance
> Directives Act signed by then-Gov. George W. Bush.
> Democrats such as Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of
> Florida have been arguing
> that Bush's decision to sign the bill aimed at
> protecting Schiavo's life is
> inconsistent with his earlier decision to sign a law
> designed to rationalize
> the way end-of-life decisions are made.
> But leave that aside and just ask why Schiavo's case
> was a national cause
> and Sun Hudson's wasn't. I am sure there are medical
> and moral distinctions
> to be made, but honestly: How many bills would
> Congress have to pass to
> ensure that in every close medical call around the
> country, we "err on the
> side of life"? How many courts would have to be
> involved? That's why it's
> not surprising the Supreme Court decided yesterday
> to stay out of this
> controversy.
> Whether or not signing that Texas bill puts the 1999
> Bush at odds with the
> 2005 Bush, the act of approving it was an
> acknowledgment that end-of-life
> issues in an age of advanced medical technology must
> be confronted, however
> wrenching they are. Facing up to those questions and
> drawing distinctions is
> especially important for those -- and I'm one of
> them -- who oppose
> doctor-assisted suicide.
> How has Terri Schiavo's care been financed? The
> available information
> suggests that some of the money came from one of
> those much-derided medical
> malpractice lawsuits and that the drugs she needs
> have been paid for by
> Medicaid.
> The irony has not been lost on Democrats. Just a few
> days after most
> Republicans in both houses of Congress had supported
> cuts in federal funding
> of Medicaid, here they were erring "on the side of
> life" in a single case.
> The same issue has come up here in Florida, where
> Gov. Jeb Bush, a strong
> supporter of keeping Schiavo alive, has been
> proposing cuts in Medicaid
> spending.
> Republicans cry foul when any link is made between
> the Schiavo question and
> the Medicaid question. "The fact that they're tying
> a life issue to the
> budget process shows just how disconnected Democrats
> are to reality,"
> harrumphed Dan Allen, a spokesman for House Majority
> Leader Tom DeLay.
> Forgive me, Mr. Allen, I know you're just doing your
> job, but what's
> disconnected from reality is refusing to accept the
> idea that health care is
> about life issues and money issues.
> People who lack access to health care because they
> can't afford insurance
> often die earlier than they have to -- with
> absolutely no national publicity
> and with no members of Congress rising up at
> midnight to pass bills on their
> behalf. What is the point of standing up for life in
> an individual case but
> not confronting the cost of choosing life for all
> who are threatened within
> the health care system or by their lack of access to
> it?
> What does it mean to be pro-life? As far as I can
> tell, most of those who
> would keep Schiavo alive favor the death penalty.
> Most favored allowing the
> assault weapons ban to expire and oppose other forms
> of gun control. The
> president makes an excellent point when he says we
> "ought to err on the side
> of life." It's a shame how rarely that principle is
> put into practice.
> postchat at aol.com
> (c) 2005 The Washington Post Company
>
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