the culture of life
2005-03-24 : 7:19 a.m.

�Please, don�t kill me!�
-George W. Bush, mocking Karla Faye Tucker�s last plea for clemency before being executed in 1998.

Number of Texans executed while George W. Bush was governor: 152.

Percent of Texans living in poverty under George W. Bush: 15

Percent of Texans without health insurance under George W. Bush: 26.5

American soldiers killed during the invasion and occupation on Iraq, to date: 1,524

Iraqi civilians killed: approximately 30,000

Rank of auto accidents as cause of injury and death in all age groups: 1

Estimated number of Americans who die each year in auto accidents: 60,000

Estimated number of Americans who are killed by their spouses or family members (domestic violence) each year: 1300

Year in which Governor George W. Bush signed the Texas Futile Care Act, which gives hospitals the right to remove your feeding tube, or respirator, or other life-sustaining care if you have a) no way to pay for care, and b) no hope of recovering � even if you�re awake and begging for your life: 1999

Date on which a Houston hospital removed a respirator from a 17-month old African American boy over the objections of his mother under the provisions of this law: 15 March 2005.

Time it took for this child to die: less than 5 minutes.

Actions taken by Congress to save this child: 0

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