For once I completely agree with you.
Edit:
Oh yeah, anyone heard of the "Texas Futile Care Law"? No? Well, Bush signed a law in Texas when he was governor that grants hospitals the right to remove life support if an ethics comittie agrees with the treatment team, regardless of the patient's family's wishes.
Double standard here, no?
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/health ... t_sto.html