I heard from Lanore Dixon, Andrea Clark’s sister. Here is what I was told. She asked me to pass it on:“St. Luke’s has agreed not to pull Andrea’s life support at least until Tuesday. On Tuesday, a committee of doctors from St. Luke’s will meet to discuss how to proceed . . . . Continue Reading »
The deal to permit Andrea Clark to receive treatment in Illinois is off. The hospital there wasn’t a hospital, it was a nursing home, and so St. Luke’s cancelled the transfer. I am told, but don’t know, that this was because of a miscommunication about the seriousness of her . . . . Continue Reading »
The numbers of euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands continue to increase, and those are just those reported. Several studies have shown that about half of all euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands are not reported, even though it is legal there for doctors to euthanize patients who ask for it. Not . . . . Continue Reading »
The denouement of the Andrea Clark case—a desperately ill woman forced to move 1000 miles just to receive the care she wants to stay alive—has been insufficiently covered by Texas media, although this is pretty good story. The people of Texas have a big problem with their futile care . . . . Continue Reading »
I have just been advised that Andrea Clark’s family has accepted the offer to move her to Illinois. It is ridiculous that Clarke has to be moved at all, but at least she will get the treatment she wants and needs to sustain her life. Under the Texas statute, St. Luke’s is not responsible . . . . Continue Reading »
James Kelly is a man with a spinal cord injury who has taught himself almost all there is to know about stem cell science. He began as a supporter of ESCR and therapeutic cloning, but has since changed his mind.In this piece he describes a chilling episode in which he claims he was literally muzzled . . . . Continue Reading »
The latest twist in the Andrea Clarke futile care case is the hospital’s pressure. From my article today on NRO: “Illustrating the level of hardball some hospitals play against patients and families, the Clarke family’s lawyer Jerri Ward told me that St. Luke’s agreed to pay . . . . Continue Reading »
I have opined on the proposed chain of suicide clinics in Switzerland. This column demonstrates that the idea of death on demand is not restricted to the more radical members of the euthanasia movement but finds resonance among some bioethicists and self-described “free thinking” . . . . Continue Reading »
Deutsche Presse-Agentur is reporting that the Spanish ruling party is considering “a parliamentary initiative to grant rights to great apes on the basis of their resemblance to humans...The socialists want to prohibit the ‘enslaving’ of gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and . . . . Continue Reading »
For listeners to Ron Thulin, (KAHL, San Antonio, Texas) and anyone else interested in the law permitting Andrea Clarke to be removed forcibly from wanted life-sustaining treatment: The statute permitting Texas hospital ethics committees to impose Futile Care Theory is available at this link . Scroll . . . . Continue Reading »
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