article_snippet.sent: But both domestic routine of church activities and political functions unraveled as Donna's health began to fail.
article_snippet.sent: Conflict developed over how to care for Donna Lou Rayhons, culminating in a meeting in which staff told Donna Lou Rayhons that An Iowa politician wife was no longer mentally capable of legally consenting to have sex.
article_snippet.sent: Many couples experience the hardships of illness, mental decline and living apart, but what happened with Donna Lou Rayhons has little precedent.
article_snippet.sent: And so Donna Lou Rayhons continued to have contact with Donna Lou Rayhons spouse in the nursing home; who among us would not,' read the statement, which went on to call the chargesillogical and unnatural.'
article_snippet.sent: The clashes over Rayhons care built until a meeting in May during which Rayhons was informed of Rayhons wife's inability to consent.
highlights_snippet.sent: Doctors had told Rayhons that Rayhons wife of seven years was no longer mentally capable of legally consenting to have sex .
  