Posted on 03/23/2005 8:00:47 AM PST by Pendragon_6
"And the Supreme Court is going to do the same."
Well, they have to get busy freeing Barrabas, instead.
Religious overtones aside, it show that little has changed in 2,000 years.
We also haven't heard from that smartest woman in the world, Hitlery! She-who-must-not-be-looked-at has not uttered one word about Terri. Strange, given her sudden conversion to religion, prayer, and other things "conservative." Oh, wait, the poll results are not in yet. Can't say anything until we see what the sheeple want to hear!
House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) echoed Frist's hope "that the appeals process will rule differently.
"Life should be the top priority for those involved with Terri Schiavo while serious constitutional issues are being sorted out," Hastert said in a written statement. "I am very disappointed by this ruling and our hearts go out to Terri and her family."
They didn't seem to have a problem with this sort of thing when they voted for this (H.R. 1003 . An act to clarify Federal law with respect to restricting the use of Federal funds in support of assisted suicide.)...
U.S. Code
TITLE 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
CHAPTER 138 - ASSISTED SUICIDE FUNDING RESTRICTION
§ 14401. Findings and purpose
(a) Findings Congress finds the following:
(1) The Federal Government provides financial support for the provision of and payment for health care services, as well as for advocacy activities to protect the rights of individuals.
(2) Assisted suicide, euthanasia, and mercy killing have been criminal offenses throughout the United States and, under current law, it would be unlawful to provide services in support of such illegal activities.
(3) Because of recent legal developments, it may become lawful in areas of the United States to furnish services in support of such activities.
(4) Congress is not providing Federal financial assistance in support of assisted suicide, euthanasia, and mercy killing and intends that Federal funds not be used to promote such activities.
(b) Purpose It is the principal purpose of this chapter to continue current Federal policy by providing explicitly that Federal funds may not be used to pay for items and services (including assistance) the purpose of which is to cause (or assist in causing) the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual.
§ 14402. Restriction on use of Federal funds under health care programs
(a) Restriction on Federal funding of health care services Subject to subsection (b) of this section, no funds appropriated by Congress for the purpose of paying (directly or indirectly) for the provision of health care services may be used—
(1) to provide any health care item or service furnished for the purpose of causing, or for the purpose of assisting in causing, the death of any individual, such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing;
(2) to pay (directly, through payment of Federal financial participation or other matching payment, or otherwise) for such an item or service, including payment of expenses relating to such an item or service; or
(3) to pay (in whole or in part) for health benefit coverage that includes any coverage of such an item or service or of any expenses relating to such an item or service.
(b) Construction and treatment of certain services Nothing in subsection (a) of this section, or in any other provision of this chapter (or in any amendment made by this chapter), shall be construed to apply to or to affect any limitation relating to—
(1) the withholding or withdrawing of medical treatment or medical care;
(2) the withholding or withdrawing of nutrition or hydration;
(3) abortion; or
(4) the use of an item, good, benefit, or service furnished for the purpose of alleviating pain or discomfort, even if such use may increase the risk of death, so long as such item, good, benefit, or service is not also furnished for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing, death, for any reason.
You bet your bioppy it doesn't cut it. If the combined effect of "authority" solution is the death of an innocent, then God only knows what the people will do in the voting booth.
In the Gospel according to John, He drank from the sponge soaked with wine, and then gave up the Spirit.
Just caught an interesting segment on msnbc...Terri's pic is on all the front pages in Europe and the overwhelming majority of Europeans strongly disagree with the recent court rulings here in America. Who'd a thunk it?
See post 52 (Matthew being the one where he refuses to drink the bile(gall?)/wine mix.)
Yes. Saw that after I posted. Thanks.
If Terri dies, her death will be the key that unlocks the door and lets loose the dogs of revenge and retribution.
The poll question referred to her as a vegetable on life support. She's not. She's just disabled like thousands of other American citizens using a feeding tube.
Oh yes, much better that those marshals or Secret Service guard the "hospitals" and "hospices" to make sure no merciful person trespasses and tries to give starving, dehydrated people food or water.
And arrest those who try to save them. Much better use of law enforcement.
I wonder how accurate the polls are; also, since the majority of people get their "info" from the MSM, they don't know the truth.
If people were correctly informed of what was really happening, I'm sure the majority would not want her to be killed.
The problem, as usual, is the lies and propaganda spread by the MSM.
I hope so. If not, when?
When Ike sent the troops to Little Rock in 1957, it was to support Brown V. Board of Education. If he sends troops now, he would be sending them in opposition to the law and a court order. That's a precedent that tumbles immediately into anarchy.
Well, what's the precedent here? Cops guarding the door so a disabled woman can be murdered in peace and quiet?
What's next? Don't you see the echoes of the Third Reich? It will happen unless some serious action of one kind or another happens, and happens soon. Check this article:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1368942/posts
Mother arrested for attempting to intervene in her 14-year old's decision to have abortion
read it.
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