May we ask, where are the Supermen---George W. Bush/Jeb Bush (aren't they one and the same?), Tom Delay, Bill Frist and all of the other Moral Republicans who cared so deeply and tried to move mountains to save Terri Schiavo?
And where is Jesse Jackson. What’s the diiference?
Can we say, POOR. Can we say BLACK!
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Teron' Francis, a 13-year old New York boy, began complaining of a severe headache and toothache and was taken to Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, New York. There, after a CAT scan was conducted, his relatives were told that the boy had a massive that had spread to his brain.
Later the boy went into convulsions and soon became unconscious, He was connected to a respirator and transferred to Montefiore Hospital for surgery. The next day he was declared brain-dead.
According to the boy's family, the hospital Informed them that the boy would be taken off
life support and when the family protested, they were told that New York
State law empowers doctors to remove respirators from patients who have been brain dead
more than 24 hours.
At that point, an attorney, contacted by the family, obtained a court order from the New York
Supreme Court requiring the hospital to show cause for removing the breathing device.
A spokesman for Montefiore denies that the hospital intended to take Teron Francis off the
ventilator saying it was not their policy to do so.
The court order requires the hospital to do all it can to keep the boy's heart going and to not remove him
from the respirator. An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the boy's falling
into a coma is to be conducted.
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Baby dies after judge allows hospital to remove breathing tube.
On Feb. 16, Harris County Probate Court Judge William C. McCulloch made the landmark decision to lift restrictions preventing Texas Children's from discontinuing care. However, an appeal by Hudson's attorney, Mario Caballero, and a procedural error on McCulloch's part prevented the hospital from acting for four weeks.
Texas law allows hospitals to discontinue life-sustaining care, even if a patient's family members disagree. A doctor's recommendation must be approved by a hospital's ethics committee, and the family must be given 10 days from written notice of the decision to try and locate another facility for the patient.
Texas Children's said it contacted 40 facilities with newborn intensive care units, but none would accept Sun. Without legal delays, Sun's care would have ended Nov. 28.
Sun was born with a fatal form of dwarfism characterized by short arms, short legs and lungs too tiny, doctors said. Nearly all babies born with the incurable condition, often diagnosed in utero, die shortly after birth, genetic counselors say.
Sun was delivered full term at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, but Hudson, 33, said she had no prenatal care during which his condition might have been discovered.
He was put on a ventilator while doctors figured out what was wrong with him, and Hudson refused when doctors recommended withdrawing treatment.
Texas Children's contended that continuing care for Sun was medically inappropriate, prolonged suffering and violated physician ethics. Hudson argued her son just needed more time to grow and be
weaned from the ventilator.
So, it seems that the ones who were so outraged by poor Terri Schiavo have lost some of their moral highmindedness. Guess it depends on who you are, what color you are, how much money and insurance you have, etc... Just makes you wonder...hmmmm.
Update: Teron Francis was taken off a ventilator on Thursday and his heart and other organs stopped soon afterwards. His mother had requested earlier that the boy be taken off life support after coming to the realization that he would not recover.
..... and during all this time, Republicans and their allies have remained silent.
So much for promoting a "culture of life".
