If Terri Schiavo were an Orthodox Jewish NYer would she still be alive?
Jewish World Review Stewart Ain
In aftermath of end-of-life controversy, Queens judge cites state and Jewish law in case of 86-year-old woman
Terri Schiavo might still be alive had she been in a hospice in New York State rather than Florida.
A Queens Supreme Court justice, citing state and Orthodox Jewish law, ruled last week that a feeding tube is not medicine and must be inserted into a patient who cannot swallow unless the patient had provided explicit instructions to the contrary.
Schiavo’s husband, Michael, had the feeding tube removed from his wife because he said she would not have wanted to be kept alive by a tube. Terri Schiavo did not have a living will or health-care proxy. She died March 31, 13 days after the tube was removed.
Judge Martin Ritholtz rendered his opinion in a case involving Lee Kahan, 86, an Orthodox Jewish woman.
Wednesday 20 Apr 2005 | Jacobse | Sanctity of life, Terri Schiavo |
