tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31669215.post8341198539426273281..comments2024-02-02T12:19:39.504-07:00Comments on V for Victory!: A Bill to WatchAnita Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31669215.post-7504355410128891152010-01-26T23:30:57.251-07:002010-01-26T23:30:57.251-07:00Excellent.Excellent.TH2https://www.blogger.com/profile/02375386482765377541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31669215.post-8499247545745127142010-01-26T22:58:41.816-07:002010-01-26T22:58:41.816-07:00Why thank you, TH2. I do indeed hope to publish m...Why thank you, TH2. I do indeed hope to publish more of my stuff.Anita Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31669215.post-46301684437997800252010-01-26T22:50:14.962-07:002010-01-26T22:50:14.962-07:00Thank you for providing an addendum to the post. P...Thank you for providing an addendum to the post. Please keep us apprised of the ongoings... if you so desire.<br /><br />By the way... a day or so ago I took some time and went through your blog and read a bunch of your older posts. Extremely impressive writing. I love your hard hitting, legalistic writing style. So "up front", so clear, so much definiteness, and also so much devotion to Our Lord. I was also glad to see that you had an article in Homiletic & Pastoral Review. I just may look it up and read some time. Considering the abovementioned, have you seriously thought of compiling a suite of your writings (e.g. essays), or whatever you prefer, and submit to a book publisher. Seriously, you should consider.TH2https://www.blogger.com/profile/02375386482765377541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31669215.post-19142208295345370732010-01-26T20:09:25.601-07:002010-01-26T20:09:25.601-07:00Thanks, TH2. I hope Life wins this legislative se...Thanks, TH2. I hope Life wins this legislative session. I understand that the opposition is gearing up against this bill. The forces of death are alive and well in this state.<br /><br /> Last year we had a death panel bill in the legislature that mercifully didn't make it into law, but I think we need to not relax our vigilance on that. It would have provided for a doctor to be able to decide that medical treatment was futile or "medically inappropriate," and take his decision to an "ethics committee" whose deliberations the patient would be barred from attending. If the committee agreed with the doc, then the patient would have 15 days to clear out of the facility. This bill, if memory serves, was supported by the leading Catholic medical center in the state.<br /><br />Oh, and the death panel would have the power to overrule advance health care directives and/or the on-the-spot wishes of the patient or his representative.Anita Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31669215.post-66076744790074447882010-01-26T14:18:21.203-07:002010-01-26T14:18:21.203-07:00Few things are as abhorrent to me than the term &q...Few things are as abhorrent to me than the term "health care" as applied to abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cells, etc.<br /><br />Best line in your post: "...words shape thoughts, and rhetorical concessions, regardless of their political expediency, have consequences."TH2https://www.blogger.com/profile/02375386482765377541noreply@blogger.com