Texas a Land of Many Terri Schiavos?

In order to avoid the spectre of "groupthink" it is important to head over to the Left side of the Web now and again. And this particular post makes one wonder if there are a lot more potential Terri Schiavo's in Texas these days. It links to an article that sends chills down one's spine.

The baby wore a cute blue outfit with a teddy bear covering his bottom. The 17-pound, 6-month-old boy wiggled with eyes open and smacked his lips, according to his mother...Then at 2 p.m. today, a medical staffer at Texas Children's Hospital gently removed the breathing tube that had kept Sun Hudson alive since his Sept. 25 birth. Cradled by his mother, he took a few breaths, and died.,,Sun's death marks the first time a hospital has been allowed by a U.S. judge to discontinue an infant's life-sustaining care against a parent's wishes, according to bioethical experts. A similar case involving a 68-year-old man in a chronic vegetative state at another Houston hospital is before a court now...Texas law allows hospitals can discontinue life sustaining care, even if patient family members disagree. A doctor's recommendation must be approved by a hospital's ethics committee, and the family must be given 10 days from written notice of the decision to try and locate another facility for the patient.

This is a reminder that President Bush was governor in a state that allowed this kind of thing. Perhaps the Terri Shiavo issue is waking us up to the fact that we have been complacent too long in taking care of the helpless. If Terri did not have activist parents able to stir the media, would any of us have noticed her passing?