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RX: Sack cloth and ashes for #SB303 opponents
Searching the news for stories on #SB303, led me to accusations that supporters of the Bill gossiped with Capitol staff and “maligned Texas Right to Life, stooping so low as to criticize our sartorial manners, footwear selections . . . “ When you stop laughing enough to read further, notice that the premise of the … Continue reading
Denouement: The Death of #SB303
The 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas still has a couple of weeks to go, and it ain’t over ’till both the House and Senate are sine die, but it appears that SB 303 did die over the weekend. Representative Susan King, who broke her leg last Sunday, just the day before the marathon meeting of the … Continue reading
My Testimony on #SB303 (Conscience, Rights, Medical Judgment and Law)
Note: I’ve heard that there’s a new Committee Substitute that will soon be introduced that is more explicit on DNR’s, especially on informed consent and on competent patients. If laws demand that physicians perform acts against our consciences, you will end up with only doctors without consciences willing to perform the acts in question. After … Continue reading
Public Health Hearing on #SB303
Last night, an emergency meeting ot the 83rd Texas Legislature’s Public Health Committee addressed Senate Bill 303, by Senator Duell in a 12 hour long meeting. Representative Susan King, who authored the Companion Bill in the House and sponsored SB303 in this meeting, appeared only one day after a fracture of her tibia. This woman … Continue reading
Opponents of SB303 Promote Doctors Without Conscience
The opponents of Senate Bill 303 may not realize it, but they are promoting the very thing they claim to oppose: elevating the patient’s right to determine his own care above the doctor’s conscience will result in doctors who practice medicine without consciences. The consequences of elevating autonomy above non-maleficence (“first do not harm”) go … Continue reading
Why does TRTL lie? (UPDATE)
I can’t tell you why, but it’s true: Well below their “Donate Now” banner, Texas Right to Life (TRTL) is shamefully spinning another one of their false stories. Just as they lied on their website that Chris Dunn was “slain“ by his doctors, they now post that a woman, Mrs. Carolyn Jones, had to be … Continue reading
Texas Advance Directive Act 2019 Legislature
The Texas Advance Directive Act is being attacked in the State Legislature, again, as it has just about every Session for the last 10+ years. In my opinion, one group is doing the bidding of the trial lawyers to destroy Texas’s tort reform by attempting to force every end of life treatment disagreement into the … Continue reading
Law makers to doctors: “Keep the patient alive”
If only we doctors – or legislators, lawyers and probate judges – really had the power to “keep the patient alive” as this article claims two new Bills ( HB 4090 & SB 1213) in front of the Texas Legislature will (force doctors to) do. The article is misleading in its claim that a committee or a hospital decides whether or … Continue reading
More than “a list of endorsements” (with Addendum)
An opponent of SB 303 and I have been discussing the Bill on an earlier post. She referred to my “list of endorsements.” This is a fairly strong list of endorsements, at least for those of us who are believers, don’t you think? The Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission is ” is pleased that SB … Continue reading
Texas Catholic Bishops Conference Rebukes “Texas Right to Life”
Using words such as “egregious,” “cynical,” “outrageous,” and “deceive,” the Texas Catholic Bishops Conference have published the letter that they sent to Texas Legislators concerning the actions of Texas Right to Life concerning Senate Bill 303 and its companion, House Bill 1444 on April 15, 2013. Since employees and representatives of TRL continue to “stoke … Continue reading
Back to Basics on Texas Advance Directive Act
Laws relating to ethics debates are generally behind medical advances. This is good because it means that there *are* medical advances. However, the debates often become emotional and heated, and the individuals who are affected face real dilemmas and emergencies. When law-making is controversial, it’s best to go back to the basics of ethics … Continue reading
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