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To: All; wagglebee; Lesforlife
Again, we see "futile" care redefined as "futile" life worthy of snuffing. Could this trend in Australia be linked to the seed planted in Texas with the Futile Care Law? Or maybe, it goes further back to Hitler's Germany.

Regardless, we may note this oozes from the Greens Party, which perhaps could be called the Gang Green.

FAMILIES will be encouraged by the Federal Government to let their "unresponsive" loved ones die if their medical treatment is costly and futile. The new proposed health guidelines, to be given to Health Minister Nicola Roxon within weeks, coincide with a Senate report on a euthanasia bill introduced by Greens Leader Bob Brown.

The guidelines centre on withdrawing treatment - such as tube-feeding - from coma or brain-dead patients if procedures are "risky, intrusive, destructive, exhausting, painful or repugnant" and cost outweighs benefit or success. ...........

Families encouraged to let "unresponsive" loved ones die (Australia)

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314 posted on 05/26/2008 3:12:24 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: All; wagglebee
Youth in England, meet Youth in Asia...

I demand to be dehydrated to death. How is that for a card to carry? Thread by wagglebee.

Town hall officials are giving residents advice on ending their lives if they become very seriously ill.

In a move that has triggered controversy, they are handing out ‘right to die’ cards that allow holders to refuse emergency treatment.

The cards, which are available in libraries and surgeries, were the idea of an employee of Salford City Council....

Are councils right-to-die cards a shortcut to euthanasia? (U.K.)

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315 posted on 05/26/2008 3:19:56 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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