These are a few notes about cases that have come to us from the
Life Legal Defense Foundation. Life Legal has been interviewed on our program
several times and its attorneys work free. Life Legal more recently was
instrumental in the defense of the Planned Parenthood undercover video
producer, David Daleiden, in his efforts to expose
the sale of aborted baby body parts.
Here are the notes:
Last week we heard from the girlfriend of a 31-year-old man who
suffered lack of oxygen after a heart attack. Just 24 hours after the incident,
the hospital met with the family and pressured them to donate the young man’s
organs. When the family objected, wanting to give their loved one more time to
recover, the hospital told them their decision
was “selfish.” Since then, the young man has become
increasingly responsive. His CAT scan and EEG clearly show
brain activity. When the hospital discusses his “quality of
life” and terminating his care—i.e., starving and dehydrating him to death—the
man becomes agitated. We are fighting to make sure he continues to receive
appropriate care, including food and water.
On the same day, we received a call from the daughter of an
elderly man who is in the ICU at a prestigious hospital in California. He is
intubated and cannot speak for himself, but he is alert and responds to his
family. Recently, the hospital informed the family that they would soon stop
providing food and water and transition the elderly man to “comfort care,”
which means giving him morphine until he dies. The
family was appalled and prohibited the hospital from making changes to his
treatment. The hospital told them “We don’t need your permission to
withdraw care.” A Life Legal attorney went to court the
following day and obtained a court order requiring the hospital to maintain the
man’s nutrition, hydration, and any other care he needs.
Life Legal continues
to represent the family of Joe Williams,* a young man in his thirties who
suffered a brain injury after he had trouble breathing while in the ER. We
obtained a court order keeping Joe alive, but this has been a highly
contentious case. At our last hearing, Jon Isenberg, who represented Michael
Schiavo in the lawsuit to end Terri Schiavo’s life, showed up to consult with
the other side. An attorney from the pro forced death group “Compassion and
Choices” was also present. These lawyers do not care about Joe. They simply
want to further an agenda requiring that people with certain disabilities be
killed.
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