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To: Cardhu
If they had complied with her change of mind I am sure many would be claiming ‘death panels’ - so perhaps getting the judicial ruling is the best form of protection for all concerned from future problems.

I disagree. We're either free, or we're not. If this woman has the legal authority to make her other life decisions, then she should be permitted to make this decision too (even though I strongly disagree with her choice). If she is not competent to make other decisions, then there should be one individual who does have the authority to make her daily life decisions, and that person should make the decision for her, unless the court signs her rent contract for her and controls her daily spending. The court was wrong to order the treatment, and the doctors were wrong to ask that the courts compel a free American to follow their orders.

17 posted on 05/27/2010 1:53:59 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Pollster1
The court was wrong to order the treatment, and the doctors were wrong to ask that the courts compel a free American to follow their orders.

This happened in Great Britain. Still a bad precedent, as US liberals take cues from what goes on in Europe.

23 posted on 05/27/2010 4:52:44 PM PDT by ARepublicanForAllReasons (BORDERS, LAWS and LANGUAGE)
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