Idaho Doctors Can Now Disregard Advance Directives and Living Wills
With one stroke of a pen, Idaho governor CL Butch Otter took away the fundamental right of Idaho residents to refuse or limit their medical treatment in the event of a catastrophic event that would leave patients incapable of making their own decisions.
New legistlation in Idaho now states that if a physician or other healthcare provider deems medical treatment is in the best interest of the patient, that they can proceed with treatment regardless of what existing living wills or advance directives state according to their own conscience.
This is dangerous legislation because it limits the rights of people, and gives more rights to doctors to do whatever they want. The fact of the matter is, people have the right to determine the type of medical treatment they receive, and even have the right to outright refuse medical treatment. When you take away that right, you take away individual autonomy, the right to liberty, and limit free religious expression (an example of this would be the right of Jehovah's Witnesses to refuse blood transfusions or Christian Scientists' rights to refuse medical treatment altogether).
With my advance directive in place stating I wish to receive no medical treatment in any event according to the dictates of my own morality and conscience, I'm worried about some doctor blatantly disregarding my advance directive and proceeding with medical care anyway, as they are now protected by law if they choose to do so.
This new legislation is dangerous. People should have a say in whether or not they accept certain medical treatment, or if they receive medical treatment at all. This bill limits the rights of people, and in the interest of preserving individual rights, needs to be overturned. I want my right to refuse medical services to remain intact, and everyone else should be offered the same rights and protection.
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http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/jw_cult.htm
Go to the above link and see why the Russians banned the Jehovah Witness organization. This is compelling reading and clearly explains why this cult should be banned worldwide. They are a very dangerous cult.
Here is an extract from teh above link:
"A vivid example of it is an experience from the history of Jehovah's Witnesses, when prohibition on vaccination of the members of the sect was revoked in 1952. According to the teachings of the sect "the use of blood is prohibited". Thus, blood transfusions, medical treatment where elements of blood are used, and earlier even vaccination, are forbidden. These restrictions are absolutely senseless, because the sect doesn't practice vegetarianism . It is common knowledge that meat retains half the blood volume of an animal. Similar absurd restrictions and demands are very effective in creating a secluded group, different from "those on the outside". Subtly calculated psychological mechanism of "attaching" people to the cult is also a feature of a destructive cult (totalitarian sect). When the law of many countries required vaccination certificate on entry, it presented a problem for the leaders of the sect, since the expansion of their missionary work was jeopardised. The law could not have been abrogated on the demand of the sect. So they decided to allow vaccination purely with the purpose to expand their field of activity and recruitment of new members. Nevertheless all the other restrictions on the use of blood still remain and the organisation's members are persuaded to rigorously obey them.
- Members of the sect are obliged to adjust their behaviour to certain discipline patterns and participate in different activities. There is a prevalence of elite leadership ("God's government ", "governing body") and their group ideology, over the individuality of the members. Common members are deprived of their rights."
"A famous expert on destructive cults, doctor M.T. Singer classifies their methods to control the behaviour and mentality of individuals, in the following way:
- taking over personal time of an individual, guiding his thinking process by means of compulsory daily "Bible study";
- creating a feeling of helplessness within a new-comer, at the same time presenting him new role models and behavioural patterns;
- manipulation with rewards and punishment , privileges in hierarchical structure and sanctions;
- cardinal re-evaluation of former life experience and changing one's consciousness by getting him involved in mass gatherings;
- an individual, deviating from the "right path", is made to feel as if something is inherently wrong with him and requires sorting out;
Compromises are not allowed unless they come "from above". Members of the sect are not allowed to join the army and even to accept an alternative service. Helping the wounded is not acceptable because it will help them to go back fighting.
All-round pressure of this kind, used to govern other people, is damaging to one's personality and leads to the loss of one's independence.
Conclusion. According to the definition of destructive cults (totalitarian sects) given by the contemporary researchers studying this phenomenon in this country and abroad, the organisation of "Jehovah's Witnesses" has all the characteristics of such. The organisation aims to achieve total alienation of its members from the "outside world" and all other people. All the values of normal human culture are aggressively denied: religious, spiritual, political , economic, national and legal . Their activity and propaganda rouses religious and national dissension, leads to family and state brake-up. They preach ideas of an absolute superiority of one group of people over the other, which is damaging for traditional ways of life. Spreading lies and threats insults religious and national feelings of others, ruins self-respect.
The activity of the Jehovah's Witnesses' organisation presents serious danger to society . Awaiting the imminent end of the world arouses fear, nervousness, psychosis and contains potential danger of "initiating" the catastrophe by terrorist acts.
The activity of Jehovah's Witnesses is incompatible with international law of human rights and Russian legislation on freedom of worship, education and so on. It also violates the tenets of the Russian Constitution on personal and family rights and freedoms and security of the state."
Please go to this link for the full document:
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/jw_cult.htm
Of course Jehovah's Witnesses aren't a dangerous cult.
What a ridiculous & hate-filled thing to say.
They are peaceful & law-abiding & are certainly not a cult.
Their meetings are open to the public & they do not follow a leader (except Jesus Christ)
They are not a danger to society at all
This above post is blatantly hateful & obviously written out by someone with a hidden agenda
They DO have a right to choose or reject whatever treatment they desire.
Shall we also take away the rights of this poster?
Here are some true facts about the safety of blood transfusions
http://www.suite101.com/content/blood-transfusions-safe-medicine-a69848
"About one in every 500,000 people who receive a blood tranfusion dies as a result, according to a 1997 paper in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology."
Ok peoples this is the truth of the matter please don't get sucked into this utter garbage and lies being promoted by the Jehovahs Witnesses. It is about time legal action was taken against these people for deliberatly attempting to mislead others whereby it could cause loss of life.
This will never stand up in Supreme Court. In the meantime, write or call or email Governor Otters office with your opinion
Idaho.gov
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Idaho.gov Phone: (208) 332-0102
Idaho.gov Fax: (208) 332-0106
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or use this link to send an email - http://www.idaho.gov/public/portal/contact.html?ScriptForm .contactformstep=general
The only civil rights solution in this case is to ban the Watchtower Society for they are the ones taking away peoples civil rights to choose as they wish without the fear of God being put into them. How dare some little old group of men scare parents to such a point that they will happily let their children die. Evil just plain evil.
FreedomForAll IF you knew about Jehovah's Witnesses you would know they are as a rule, thoughtful, caring people who do not following anyone blindly. Witness parents do not happily let their children die. What a foolish, hateful statement that is. You should be ashamed of ourself, but I doubt you are capable of making the moral connections necessary to rise to that reaction.
The day small groups are banned is the day, the American Colonialists are banned and the day the first Century Christians are banned and the day Mahatma Gandhi and his followers are banned and the day Martin Luther King and his movement members are banned. It is fact the day when hateful people take control of the speeding bus only to find none of them knows how to drive.
Dear Readers,
Please forgive the person who is spewing hateful opinions about Jehovah's Witnesses. In the last minutes of his life Jesus asked his heavenly father to forgive his persecutors on the grounds that they didn't realize what they were doing. He understood that they were doing what they did as victims not lords.
There is one ruler of this world. He attacked Christ and and had Christs followers put to death . The same rhetoric and desires are active in the world today. Jehovah's Witnesses believe we are living in the 'time of the end' of this present evil system of things. The book of Revelation says that 'the time came ... to bring to ruin those ruining the earth'. The ruin to this earth goes beyond the horrific oil spill in the gulf, or the garbage dump that is killing the oceans in mid-Atlantic etc. The ruin also has to do with vicious attitudes and hate. If we are going to have a future life here these attitudes must go, don't you agree.
And the Watchtower Society is guilty as charged.
The Watchtower Society is the false prophet that Jesus warned us about. The evidence is overwhelming. It is an organisation that deliberately spreads fear and divides families and society .
Jesus offered unconditional love to everyone. The Watchtower Society says "we will love you only if you believe as we do".
"If you do not believe as we do then you are not worthy of God's love and furthermore you shall perish"
The Watchtower Society is the Anti-Christ. They are the wolves in sheeps clothing. They even turn against their own if they should dare to question the the "wisdom" of the Watchtower Society.
If a Jehoavah Witness questions the Watchtower doctrines and beliefs then they they will be shunned by their own members. Is this what Jesus preached? The Watchtower is claiming that they are God's only representatives on Earth. This is offensive, insulting and just plain ridiculous. Wake up Jehovah Witnessess you are being conned by an evil force. God is love, God does not divide and create anger. God wants peace for all, God wants freedom for all. God wants happiness for all. You must open your eyes and see what the Watchtower is really promoting. Is it really promoting unconditional love? If it is not then you know you have found your answer. Seek God seek unconditional love. That is the way to the truth.
This above poster (the hate-filled posts) likely believes that those who do not follow Christ in the exact way that he/she believes will burn eternally in hellfire, so his/her comment saying - "The Watchtower Society says "we will love you only if you believe as we do". & "If you do not believe as we do then you are not worthy of God's love and furthermore you shall perish"... is rather hypocritical, is it not?
There is no such place as hellfire.
A God of love (1 John 4:8) would never create such a place & torment people eternally for a short lifetime of sins
To the poster...
Get rid of the hate, it is no good for your health, both spiritually & physically