Shortly after she sustained her injuries in September, doctors determined that she was brain damaged, and the state moved to terminate life support.
He said a medical professional had told him that the drug, known as the morning-after pill, would "terminate life after conception".
He said a medical professional had advised him that the drug, known as the morning-after pill, would "terminate life after conception".
"The bill does not involve only the prevention of conception: The drug it authorizes would also terminate life after conception," he wrote in regard to the Massachusetts law.
The Department of Social Services, which had supervised the girl, Haleigh Poutre, and now has custody of her, moved to terminate life support in September, and the state's highest court upheld the decision last week.
In its decision, the court clearly distinguished between "killing with the aim of terminating life" and an action that "let a patient die with his or her own consent".
A Florida court allowed spouse Michael Schiavo to terminate life support on wife Terri's behalf, after the court found that Terri's autonomous choice would have been to refuse life-sustaining care if she were hopelessly comatose.
In many cultures the loss of dignity, or face, becomes a reason to terminate life itself.
