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| Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD. | |||
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March 19, 2005
Poll after poll says Republicans are out of step with a majority of Americans who believe the government has no buisness intruding on the rights granted spouses through the sacred institution of marriage on medical decisions.
FOXnews Dynamic Poll
1. If a patient has been in what doctors call a “persistent vegetative” or a coma-like state with no higher brain activity for a significant amount of time, who do you think should make the decision whether the patient should be kept alive or not?1. The person’s parents or other family members 31%
2. The person’s spouse 50%
3. The government 2%
4. (The person’s doctor) 4%
5. (Not sure) 13%
[Majority Would Remove Schiavo's Feeding Tube - FOXnews - 06-14-04]
FOXnews Dynamic Poll
As Terri Schiavo's (search) parents continue their fight to extend her life, a FOX News poll finds a majority of Americans agree with a Florida judge's ruling that her feeding tube can be removed. Additionally, in the same situation, most would not want to be kept alive artificially.Nearly six in ten Americans (59 percent) say that as Schiavo's guardian they would remove her feeding tube, while 24 percent would keep the tube inserted and 17 percent are uncertain which action they would take. These numbers remain virtually unchanged from a previous FOX poll in which 61 percent of Americans said they would remove the tube and 22 percent said they would not, with 17 percent unsure (October 2003).
[3/4/05 FOX Poll: Right-to-Die: Who Should Decide? - FOXnews - 03-04-05]
ABC/Washington Post
But others, including Democrats and outside congressional scholars, said Republicans had overstepped their authority and could risk political backlash. In an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted March 10-13, an overwhelming majority of the 1,001 adults polled — 87 percent — said they would not want to be kept alive if they were in Schiavo's condition.
[GOP maneuver in Schiavo case stirs controversy - Seattle Times - 03-19-05]
Survey USA
When a married person is on life support, and that patient's family can not agree on whether life support should be continued or whether life support should be stopped, who do you think should have the final say in the matter? The patient's parents? The patient's spouse? Or someone else?1. Parents 24%
2. Spouse 60%
3. Someone Else 9%
4. Not Sure 7%
[Survey USA Survey: Terri Schiavo Case - WJXX - 03-17-05]
Despite this, why is Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and other right-wing conservatives seeking to intrude on the marriage rights of Michael and Terri Schiavo? The answer is clear: Republicans want to use Terri Schiavo's life as a cheap pawn in vulgar pandering to the Republican Party's evangelical base.
ABC News obtained talking points circulated among Senate Republicans explaining why they should vote to intervene in the Schiavo case. Among them, that it is an important moral issue and the "pro-life base will be excited," and that it is a "great political issue — this is a tough issue for Democrats."
[DeLay Says He's Not Giving Up Schiavo Fight - ABCNews - 03-19-05]
filed under: Moral Majority
