HEALTH CARE REFORM AND THE DISABLED

I've seen a few people in wheelchairs at townhalls and either they or their caretakers express concerns that they will be denied treatment because of health care reform. This reminded me of the fuss made by some of the disabled and some wingers during the Schiavo Disgrace. Here's an example of the thinking back then:

The Washington Times
February 6, 2005 Sunday
Ominous implications for handicapped
BYLINE: By THE WASHINGTON TIMES
SECTION: LETTERS; FORUM; Pg. B05
LENGTH: 774 words

On Jan. 23, the U.S.. Supreme Court denied review of a Florida Supreme Court opinion declaring a Florida Statute, known as "Terri's Law," unconstitutional.

For years, advocates have lamented the disabled were not treated as "whole persons " worthy of the full protection of law. The courts in Bush vs. Schiavo have proved them right.

Any time "personhood " is withdrawn from a human being, legal protections are eroded. That is why slaves were sold like cotton or tobacco earlier in American history. It is why more than 6 million Jews were exterminated with only muted protests in Nazi Germany. It is why there have been "ethnic cleansings" in Eastern Europe. And it's why human embryos are cut up like fish bait in the name of "research " in this country today.