Interesting poll

Remember the polls that said public opinion was against meddling to keep Terri Sciavo alive? That it was especially opposed to politicians introducing themselves into the situation? Life News appears to have commissioned a poll with a different set of questons that most pollsters have been asking, and getting (surprise!!!) different results.

The Zogby poll found that:

If a person becomes incapacitated and has not expressed their preference for medical treatment, as in Terri's case, "the law [should] presume that the person wants to live, even if the person is receiving food and water through a tube".

Yes: 43%; No: 30%

"If a disabled person is not terminally ill, not in a coma, and not being kept alive on life support, and they have no written directive, should or should they not be denied food and water,"

Yes: 9%; No: 79%

"When there is conflicting evidence on whether or not a patient would want to be on a feeding tube, should elected officials order that a feeding tube be removed or should they order that it remain in place."

Order it removed: 18%; Remain in place: 42%

There should be exceptions to the right of a spouse to act as a guardian for an incapacitated spouse.

Yes: 49%; No: 39%

When asked directly about Terri's case and told the her estranged husband Michael "has had a girlfriend for 10 years and has two children with her" the percentage of Americans who believed guardianship should have been turned over to Terri's parents were:

Yes: 56%; No: 37%

I have a feeling this will be less damaging to Congress as more details get out into the general meme pool.