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re: Legal battle over right-to-life of Lafayette man in vegetative state
Posted on 7/27/21 at 9:14 pm to AMS
Posted on 7/27/21 at 9:14 pm to AMS
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spouse supersedes parents as a medical proxy.
This is such a terrible principle and can be proven so with a simple thought experiment:
Try to count how many people you are confident are in loving trusting marriages and compare that to the number of people you are confident have at least one trustworthy loving parent.
Obviously the workaround is having a living will, but just by the numbers it’s clear the default hierarchy should put parents over spouse. Probably siblings too.
Posted on 7/27/21 at 9:38 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
Eh idk you’re probably more likely to have that convo with a spouse than a parent. I feel like most spouses would be trustworthy enough to respect your wishes, or they could even defer the decision, it’s probably rare they would act vindictively. If so then it’s your own damn fault for fostering such a relationship and not leaving or making a living will.
Then there’s a chronicity kinda deal. Usually parents are dead before their offspring so that wouldn’t be super helpful unless the person is too young and likely won’t have a spouse or adult kids so it would be a parent.
Fwiw the order is legally appointed guardian ( in this case it’s the spouse she was appointed curator by a judge), the spouse, adult children, parent, adult siblings, grandparent/grandchild, friend.
Then there’s a chronicity kinda deal. Usually parents are dead before their offspring so that wouldn’t be super helpful unless the person is too young and likely won’t have a spouse or adult kids so it would be a parent.
Fwiw the order is legally appointed guardian ( in this case it’s the spouse she was appointed curator by a judge), the spouse, adult children, parent, adult siblings, grandparent/grandchild, friend.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:08 am to ForeverEllisHugh
quote:
spouse supersedes parents as a medical proxy.
This is such a terrible principle
I disagree. You choose your spouse, you do not choose your parents. I think it is irresponsible not to have a living will, but if you don't the person you choose to do life with is a better default decision maker IMO than the individuals who birthed you.
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