Dehydrating the Cognitively Disabled

Jesse Ramirez: Working Out Instead of Dead

by Wesley J. Smith

I have heard from the Jesse Ramirez family—and the news is good. Readers of SHS may recall that Ramirez was badly injured in an auto accident and quickly pronounced in a PVS. His wife wanted his feeding tube pulled, but this was resisted by his family. Litigation ensued, and—he woke up. . . . . Continue Reading »

I Am Asked About the Lauren Richardson Case

by Wesley J. Smith

James asks:Wesley, What’s your take on the Lauren Richardson case in Delaware? Can you get involved to protect the life of this young woman?Lauren Richardson, for those who may not know, is a young woman diagnosed to be persistently unconscious whose parents are fighting in court over who . . . . Continue Reading »