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Let Lauren Live!
ChristtheKingMaine ^ | May 7, 2008 | Judie Brown

Posted on 05/08/2008 3:14:03 AM PDT by 8mmMauser

LAUREN RICHARDSON - YOU CAN HELP!
By Judie Brown

It has been a source of ongoing sadness to read of the difficulties Lauren Richardson’s father has had over the course of the past several months. For those of you who are not familiar with her case, Lauren overdosed on heroin on August 28, 2006. She suffered oxygen deprivation and, as a result of the overdose, is now in a coma and unable to speak out for herself. At the time of the overdose, Lauren was expecting a baby. Her parents honored what they knew would have been her wish and did all they could to keep her healthy and comfortable until the child was born. Today, though Lauren may not be aware of it, she is the mother of Ember Grace, who was born in February 2007.

Since the birth of her daughter, Lauren remains unable to speak of her concerns, but she has a loving father who is doing all he can to protect her from suffering the same fate as Terri Schiavo. However, Lauren’s mother, who has been named her legal guardian, is sadly not of the same opinion and is working with attorneys to pressure the courts to permit Lauren’s starvation.

Lauren’s father has kept hope alive, even at times when there appeared to be no hope in human terms. Lauren’s father is a man of hope in Christ and is dedicated to spending every breath he has on defending Lauren, regardless of what it might cost him in physical exhaustion and worldly goods. The most recent update for those concerned about Lauren tells us the following:

We struggle at times as we seek to share with the public the details of what is happening with Lauren because of the disagreement we have with Lauren’s mother. We cannot understand her reasoning in refusing a path of hope, healing and restoration for Lauren and insisting on causing her death by withholding food and water from her. The issue in Lauren’s case is the eternal truth that all people, no matter what their medical condition, bear the image of God and deserve basic care and an opportunity to be restored to health.

Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo’s brother, has written about Lauren in an editorial earlier this year, "False Compassion," and is working closely with Lauren’s father in order to provide expertise that he is uniquely qualified to share during a trying time like this.

There are many links on the Life for Lauren web site that will assist you in tracking this case and learning who is supporting Lauren’s ongoing care and who is opposing it. More importantly, there is something you can do to express your concerns.

ACTION NEEDED NOW

The governor of Delaware, Ruth Ann Minner, is being asked by pro-life Americans across this nation to intervene in this case in order to save Lauren from what many fear is an imminent court order dictating that Lauren be starved and dehydrated to death. I am asking you to be one of those who communicates your passionate belief that Lauren’s life is sacred and deserves to be protected from those who would order her death. The governor’s e-mail address is governor.minner@state.de.us.

Further, it would mean a great deal to Lauren’s father, Randy, if you sent him a copy of your e-mail to Governor Ruth Ann Minner. Randy’s e-mail address is Lifeforlauren@aol.com

During a recent visit to Anchorage, Alaska where Bobby Schindler was invited to speak, he told a reporter from The Catholic Anchor, "Once we accept that killing is an acceptable answer to human suffering, we lose any type of parameters. Euthanasia is a form of abandonment. It is not compassion."

Truer words were never spoken. As I frequently tell people who argue that we pro-lifers are being heartless and cruel for fighting to defend the rights of a "hopeless case," "God is the author of every human being’s life, and He has never given permission to a single one of us to arbitrarily rob another human being of life for any reason including disability or illness."

As Flannery O’Connor once wrote on the subject of false compassion, "In the absence of faith, we govern by tenderness. And tenderness leads to the gas chamber."

Lauren Richardson is not terminal – she is severely disabled. Lauren Richardson should not be murdered.

Judie Brown is president of American Life League and a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: charliecrist; googling; johnmccain; justsayno2johnmccain; lauren; moralabsolutes; prolife; richardson; schiavo; terridailies; vp
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This story highlights a terrible event for those who are pro-life as an innocent faces condemnation to death in a case eerily similar to that of Terri Schiavo with even similar players. They could be using this chance to kill as a way of consolidating gains in euthanasia established with Terri.

This is the Terri Dailies thread for May.

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1 posted on 05/08/2008 3:14:03 AM PDT by 8mmMauser
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To: Ohioan from Florida; Goodgirlinred; Miss Behave; cyn; AlwaysFree; amdgmary; angelwings49; ...
Ping to this thread on Lauren Richardson, the Terri Dailies for May.

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2 posted on 05/08/2008 3:16:05 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: Coleus; Salvation; trussell; Brad's Gramma
Ping to this thread on Lauren Richardson. She is in dire need of prayers lest she be executed in a way more heinous than that of any serial killer.

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3 posted on 05/08/2008 3:18:43 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: wagglebee

Ping for your list!

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4 posted on 05/08/2008 3:21:54 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: EternalVigilance

EV, here is what is happening to Lauren Richardson.

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5 posted on 05/08/2008 3:25:47 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: Jim Robinson; Mrs. Don-o

I hesitate to ping you to topics like this at this time, respectfully wish when you have the chance, please pray for Lauren. She is a next big step after Terri Schiavo.

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6 posted on 05/08/2008 3:29:01 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: 8mmMauser

bttt


7 posted on 05/08/2008 3:29:47 AM PDT by bmwcyle (I always rely on God and Guns in that order)
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To: All
The newest video of Lauren and who she is can be found in the main story. However, the courts had supressed a video showing how Lauren is and her recent state, a far cry from the image the death team would have us think.

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LET LAUREN LIVE ALERT !!!!

Great News - Lauren's video resurfaces!

Lauren Richardson's father Randy had been thwarted
in his efforts to save his daughter by a court order
forbidding the youtube video of Lauren interacting with
her dog and friends.

The video clearly shows that Lauren is NOT in a persistent
vegetative state, which her mother Edith is claiming.

Edith has custody of Lauren's baby girl and has never allowed
them to visit.

What kind of grandmother would be so unkind to her daughter,
as to keep her from her baby and try to have her starved?

PERHAPS THIS MOTHER'S DAY WOULD BE A GREAT DAY TO MAKE
AMENDS, Edith !!!!

Posted by Leslie at 1:09 PM

Suppressed Video

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8 posted on 05/08/2008 3:36:24 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: bmwcyle

Thanks. I was about to ping you. I also agree heartily with your tag line!

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9 posted on 05/08/2008 3:38:51 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: 8mmMauser
As the Bible says, "Buy a sword and keep it at your side".

Your God is first but it doesn't hurt to be ready.

10 posted on 05/08/2008 3:42:35 AM PDT by bmwcyle (I always rely on God and Guns in that order)
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To: STARWISE; TAdams8591

Ping to the story of Lauren Richardson.

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11 posted on 05/08/2008 3:47:46 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: bmwcyle

Sort of like turning the other cheek while chambering a round...


12 posted on 05/08/2008 3:54:36 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: All; Lesforlife; floriduh voter; amdgmary
How similar is Lauren's plight to that of Terri? A good example is that one of Mikey Schiavo's killer team is hired to Lauren's mom who wants her daughter dead.

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THE AUTHOR DISABLED WOMEN DON'T WANT
TO MEET




Photo by Jonathan Payne
Jon Eisenberg - THE RIGHT vs THE RIGHT TO DIE

"Jon B. Eisenberg was one of the attorneys on Michael Schiavo's side in the Terri Schiavo case. He has litigated in appellate courts on a variety of civil rights and business issues, including free speech, the right to die, reproductive choice, mediation, ethics, and corporate fraud. He is with the law firm of Eisenberg & Hancock LLP and teaches appellate procedure at University of California Hastings Law school in San Francisco."

Mr. Eisenberg has been hired by Lauren Richardson's mother. For what nefarious purpose, remains unclear.

Posted by Leslie at 8:27 PM 0 comments

Jon Eisenberg

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13 posted on 05/08/2008 4:08:13 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: All; Lesforlife
More echoes from the Schiavo killer team, this time Felos, who would wish to free more from their burden of having to live...

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CREEPY SCHIAVO LAWYER FELOS ON
LAUREN RICHARDSON

While recently reading a Delaware On Line article
about Lauren Richardson's fight to live, a George Felos quote jumped
off the page and made the hair on the back of my neck stand up!

Inserting himself into another disabled woman's family turf battle should 
raise the hackles of any who remember his work with Michael Schiavo to
ensure Terri's untimely demise.

Felos, author of "Litigation as Spiritual Practice" has a history with disabled women
who can't speak for themselves. As a matter of fact, George Felos has a habit
of speaking for them.

The Delaware On Line, February 3, 08, article explained, "Felos said he was pleased that this is apparently exactly what happened with Lauren Richardson and her mother."

'This is just an example of why living wills (also called Advance Heath Care Directives) ... is not just an elderly issue. It is for everyone. We just don't know when our time will come,' he said. 'If there is any grace that came out of the Schiavo case, it is that lives were affected in a positive way,' he said."

Mr. Felos musings about Estelle Browning's so-called "right to die" struggle are chronicled in his chilling book available
from Blue Dolphin Press. 

"Such a deep, dark, silent blue. I stared as far into her eyes as I could, hoping to sense some glimmer of understanding, some hint of awareness. The deeper I dove, the darker became the blue, until the blue became the black of some bottomless lake. "Mrs. Browning, do you want to die ... do you want to die?" I nearly shouted as I continued to peer into her pools of strikingly beautiful but incognizant blue. It felt so eerie. Her eyes were wide open and crystal clear, but instead of the warmth of lucidity, they burned with the ice of expressionlessness."

This encounter with Mrs. Browning led Mr. Felos, Esq. to his current crusader role in "freeing the disabled" in Florida
and chillingly beyond.
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CREEPY SCHIAVO LAWYER FELOS ON LAUREN RICHARDSON

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14 posted on 05/08/2008 4:17:17 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: PhilDragoo
Warm thanks for your graphic done some time back! It has been picked up as a logo for Lauren and distributed who knows how far and wide. Whoever did the YouTube in the link used it as the ending, a telling tribute for your fine work.

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15 posted on 05/08/2008 4:29:12 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: 8mmMauser; 230FMJ; 50mm; 69ConvertibleFirebird; Aleighanne; Alexander Rubin; ...
Moral Absolutes Ping!

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16 posted on 05/08/2008 4:35:08 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: All; wagglebee; SErtelt
LifeNews has a story today on the similar topic. The core is the same. Hopefully, we can touch the heart of Governor Minner, reachable through the main story in this thread. Thread by wagglebee.

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Dover, DE (LifeNews.com) -- The family of Lauren Richardson continues to press her case and is now calling on the governor of Delaware for help to save her life. Richardson has become the next Terri Schiavo as her parents engage in a massive legal and philosophical debate about whether she should live or die.

Richardson is a 23-year-old woman who overdosed on heroin in August 2006 while she was three months pregnant with a baby girl.

Doctors kept Lauren on life support until she delivered her baby in February 2007. Shortly thereafter, her parents began a fight that is reminiscent of the battle over Terri's life and death.

Edith Towers, Lauren's mother, wants to remove her feeding tube and starve and dehydrate her to death in the same manner that Michael Schiavo subjected Terri.......

Father of Potential Euthanasia Victim Lauren Richardson Asks Gov for Help

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17 posted on 05/08/2008 4:38:46 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: 8mmMauser; Lesforlife

This thread that I posted last night shows just how truly twisted Big Abortion is:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012680/posts


18 posted on 05/08/2008 5:02:31 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: All; wagglebee
Thanks. Here it is:

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- With Mother's Day coming up this weekend, Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion business, has a message for moms: send us more money. Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, sent out a fund-raising request this week one pro-life advocate says is grotesque.

Richards honored mother's day by sharing part of an editorial her daughter wrote saying she got her pro-abortion views from her mother and grandmother, former Texas Gov. Ann Richards....

Planned Parenthood Says Best Mother's Day Gift is Donation for Abortion

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19 posted on 05/08/2008 5:21:11 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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To: 8mmMauser

There is Bible behavior when someone just slaps you or hits you with words. There is another when they are trying to kill you.


20 posted on 05/08/2008 5:34:56 AM PDT by bmwcyle (I always rely on God and Guns in that order)
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