Mover Mike

Who is Mae Magouirk? An 81 year old woman,who is neither terminally ill, comatose nor in a "vegetative state" has been placed in a hospice by her 36 year old grandaughter, Beth Gaddy. There she has been denied food and water, even though Mae Magouirk has a "living will" that authorizes withholding of food and water ONLY if she is comatose or "vegetative".

Once at the hospice, Gaddy stated that she did not want her grandmother fed or given water.

"Grandmama is old and I think it is time she went home to Jesus," Gaddy told Magouirk's brother and nephew, McLeod and Ken Mullinax. "She has glaucoma and now this heart problem, and who would want to live with disabilities like these?"

Here's the heart-wrenching part:

Ron Panzer, president and founder of Hospice Patients Alliance, a patients' rights advocacy group based in Michigan, told WND (WorldNetDaily) that what is happening to Magouirk is not at all unusual.

"This is happening in hospices all over the country," he said. "Patients who are not dying – are not terminal – are admitted [to hospice] and the hospice will say they are terminally ill even if they're not. There are thousands of cases like this. Patients are given morphine and ativan to sedate them. If feeding is withheld, they die within 10 days to two weeks. It's really just a form of euthanasia."