Comparisons To The Terri Schiavo Case
Critics of the federal government's involvement in the Terri Schiavo case, which culminated around the same time as the Sun Hudson case, pointed out that the Advance Directives Act was signed into law by George W. Bush, who was then Governor of Texas. In the Terri Schiavo case, family objections were considered paramount, whereas in the Sun Hudson case, evidence-based medical care was followed instead. However, no extraordinary political measures were taken to save the life of Sun Hudson.
The Houston Chronicle wrote that Terri Schiavo would not have been affected by the Texas law due to the fact that a feeding tube was not considered to be "futile care".
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