Wednesday, March 23, 2005


MLive.com: NewsFlash - Michigan bill would ban medical decisions if adultery is involved
Yeah...um...about that "marriage" thing? Well...er...ah... maybe I've changed my mind. Before you know it, they will have legislated the "sanctity" to the hilt and you will have invited all kinds of government interference into your life.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan lawmaker is working on legislation that would prohibit a spouse having an affair from denying food, fluids or medical treatment to a wife or husband who cannot make such decisions.

Rep. Joel Sheltrown on Tuesday said he wants to avoid a situation similar to Terri Schiavo's.

"While people, in happier times, may trust their spouses to make future medical decisions for them, situations change," Sheltrown said in a statement. "In a situation where an incapacitated patient lives at the mercy of an adulterous spouse, it is in the patient's interest to make a presumption in favor of life."

Michigan law already prohibits the denial of life-sustaining treatment, such as food and water, unless the patient has expressed that such action be taken, said Sheltrown, who expects to introduce the bill in about three weeks.

Matt Resch, spokesman for Republican House Speaker Craig DeRoche of Novi, said House leaders will review the bill when it is introduced and decide which committee to assign it.

Yeah...OK....gotta go now. Thanks anyway!