…a disabled woman died because her husband wouldn’t feed her and didn’t think anyone else should feed her either.
\nThe case went before a judge and the judge found the husband guilty of felony neglect and sent him to jail<\/s> appointed a guardian for the disabled woman<\/s> ordered the police to arrest anyone who as much as tried to moisten the woman’s lips with water.
\nMeanwhile, women’s advocacy groups such as NOW demanded to know why a man who was shacking up with another woman and stood to inherit a pile of money when his wife died was permitted to be the disabled woman’s guardian<\/s> demanded an investigation into past allegations of abuse and neglect<\/s> had nothing to say.
\nThe mainstream media did serious investigative journalism into the disabled woman’s original injuries<\/s> publicized interviews with nurses who’d cared for the disabled woman in the past<\/s> demonstrated their concern for the rights of the disabled by publicizing the serious concerns that the disability community had about this case<\/s> did a profile on George Felos that included his claims to be able to psychically communicate with brain-damaged patients<\/s> repeated whatever the husband’s lawyer told them.
\nThe doctor who was ordered to remove the feeding tube told the husband to go to hell<\/s> did it.
\nOne year ago, a woman who had committed no crime and was tried by no jury was ordered by a judge to be starved to death. And one year ago today, she died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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