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Re: “Dockery Calls Abortion Bill Intrusive” in the Wednesday, April 16 edition of Hernando Today.
Color me underwhelmed by Sen. Dockery's self-proclaimed “staunchly pro-life stand.” Voting to alert parents that their underage child is contemplating what can be a life-threatening operation and compelling abortion mills to meet basic sanitation standards does not make one a crusader for life.
During the Terri Schiavo tragedy, Sen. Dockery failed to come down on the side of life, refusing to recognize that Terri's killing was a precedent-setting step on the slippery slope to state approved euthanasia.
Now, even though she “personally would like to prevent someone from having an abortion,” she finds the means which could prevent such wanton killing “invasive.” Gee, Paula, ripping pre-born babies from their mothers' wombs is pretty invasive too — and lethal for the babies. As for Rep. Schultz's inane comment that he doesn't think the government should mandate a medical procedure, I guess he's never heard of random drug testing, pre-marriage blood tests or state required vaccinations for school children.
Statistics show that many women are affected by abortions they “chose” all of their lives. They often lament that they didn’t know what they were doing or that they weren't given all the facts.
What is wrong with giving women the most up-to-date medical information available to aid them in this life or death decision? Certainly Planned Parenthood doesn't want it; they will loose money they make as the largest abortion provider in the country. Even pro-abortion Democrats profess they want to make abortion rare. All who truly mean this should support this bill.
Mary Lou Wright
Brooksville
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When Dr. Patricia Bomba’s mother was dying, the end wasn't as difficult for her or her family because her loved ones knew the medical care she received was on her terms.
Bomba’s mother had put her wishes in writing, so her loved ones and doctors could follow her instructions.
“It was the final gift that our mother gave to us and the final gift we gave to her,” she said.
Not enough people put their end-of-life care wishes in writing, Bomba and other health care officials said at a Wednesday press conference at the Elizabeth G. and Jennifer J. Hildebrandt Hospice Care Center in Greece.
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Designating a health care proxy and communicating wishes to loved ones ensures they are carried out, said Bomba, who is Excellus BlueCross BlueShield’s vice president and medical director for geriatrics. She pointed to Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman, who made international news. She was in a vegetative state for more than a decade as her parents and husband battled over whether she'd want to be kept alive.............
Not enough talk about end-of-life care
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PAULA DOCKERY VOTED TO KILL TERRI SCHIAVO (R). We have her photograph with the others.