Monday, March 21, 2005

Here's the text of the Bush's "Presumption in favor of life"-but-pull-plug-in-the-case-of-the-indigent Texas law

Via Dkos

Section 166.046, Subsection (e):

If the patient or the person responsible for the health care decisions of the patient is requesting life-sustaining treatment that the attending physician has decided and the review process has affirmed is inappropriate treatment, the patient shall be given available life-sustaining treatment pending transfer under Subsection (d). The patient is responsible for any costs incurred in transferring the patient to another facility. The physician and the health care facility are not obligated to provide life-sustaining treatment after the 10th day after the written decision required under Subsection (b) is provided to the patient or the person responsible for the health care decisions of the patient …


BTW: Here are the GOP talking points on Terri Schaivo obtained by DCInside Scoop. Said to have come from Santorum's office. Via dkos also.

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