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sndrake Donating Member (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-02-06 02:45 PM
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59. I hope this isn't the end of it, because other are endangered
This is great news. But even now there is at least one woman, Yenlang Vo, in Austin, whose life is under the same kind of attack. There's no way of knowing how many others this is happening to. People with little education, who bow to authority, who aren't assertive, who aren't articulate and persistent...

This statute was passed with bipartisan support - the final version of the bill in question passed unanimously in the Texas legislature. It will take bipartisan and cross-ideological efforts to reverse it.

To achieve a final victory, the statute needs to be overturned:

Disability Advocates: Texas 'Futile Care' Law Should Be Euthanized

http://www.notdeadyet.org/docs/TXfutilecarelawPR0506.html
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