Let Lauren Live!

ChristtheKingMaine ^ | May 7, 2008 | Judie Brown

[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.

[8mmMauser]

As I stated earlier, a similar characteristic runs through the specie of death dealer. Some say it is demonic, a behavior characteristic of their father, the father of pro-lie. Wagglebee illustrates this in a thread.

Rockford, IL, May 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Rockford abortuary has made the demonic side of the abortion industry readily apparent to the public by decorating its facility with a nun in a coffin, a crucified rubber chicken, and a set of sacred images arranged in a voodoo-style altar.

Kevin Rilott, an Illinois pro-life activist who has often prayerfully protested in front of the Rockford Northern Illinois Women's Center (NIWC) abortuary that features the sacrilegious display, hopes that images of the offensive exhibition will expose the evil carried out at the facility.

"This clinic affects the lives of thousands of Rockford women and children. The issue here isn't even primarily abortion. What we believe the people of Rockford and the country have a right to see is a medical facility that promotes a bizarre form of racism, bigotry, and hatred," Kevin Rilott told LifeSiteNews.com.....

Sacrilegious Display Continues Disturbing Pattern of Hate at Rockford Abortuary

8mm

[Etixos]

"They could be using this chance to kill as a way of consolidating gains in euthanasia established with Terri."

Do you really believe this? Really? I'm just so curious because the statement seems so ... unrealistic. Are you so cynical that you actually believe there is a group of people going around looking for folks to kill, in order to "consolidat[e] gains in euthanasia established with Terri [sic]"? I'm not judging if you do believe that, but sometimes on chat boards people exaggerate a bit to make a point. I was just wondering which was true for you!

Best,
Etixos

[wagglebee]

Do you really believe this? Really? I'm just so curious because the statement seems so ... unrealistic. Are you so cynical that you actually believe there is a group of people going around looking for folks to kill, in order to "consolidat[e] gains in euthanasia established with Terri [sic]"? I'm not judging if you do believe that, but sometimes on chat boards people exaggerate a bit to make a point. I was just wondering which was true for you!

YES, it is true. Just as in the late 1960s when abortion laws started "relaxing" the culture of death went in for the kill on Roe v. Wade and were soon killing over 4000 babies a day.

This is the May "Terri Dailies" thread. These threads were established as a pro-life "clearinghouse" of sorts. They ARE NOT designed to debate dissenting, pro-death opinions.

[8mmMauser]

Extios, you are starting to pique my curiosity about why you come to our threads. I realize you are a newbie, although you seem to know the ropes surprisingly well for a newbie. I am super happy you are not trying to judge, for the folly of that is in the old saw, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing..."

Either you are armed with but a little knowledge or you hide that fact real well. At any rate, if you are not here to contribute, perhaps this thread is not for you.

[wagglebee]

At any rate, if you are not here to contribute, perhaps this thread is not for you.

Perhaps not even this forum.

[8mmMauser]

That could well be. Let’s see what happens.

[Etixos]

I am not offering to engage in "dissenting, pro-death opinions". I was asking--and not of you, by the way, or of most of the others to whom you addressed your post--for clarification of a statement which is representative of a viewpoint which I feel is important to understand. Nothing more, nothing less.

Or is that also forbidden here?

Best,
Etixos

[wagglebee]

I am not offering to engage in "dissenting, pro-death opinions". I was asking--and not of you, by the way, or of most of the others to whom you addressed your post--for clarification of a statement which is representative of a viewpoint which I feel is important to understand. Nothing more, nothing less.

Would I be correct in assuming that you do not believe that the culture of death exists as a "movement" per se? Do you think that the cases of Terri, Lauren, Javona and others are simply isolated incidents that are not at all related to each other? Because Terri's real family doesn't seem to think so, nor do Michael Schiavo's lawyers.

(And before you try to say I am putting words in your mouth, or something of the sort, these things "?" are question marks, so if I am incorrect, just let me know.)

[Etixos]

"if you are not here to contribute, perhaps this thread is not for you."

I would have thought observing and then asking respectful, well-intentioned questions was contributing, but then, I've been wrong before.

Can you tell me exactly what it is about my posts that offends you so? That way I will know what to avoid in future.

Best,
Etixos

[Etixos]

You would be incorrect in assuming anything about what I believe. I am generally described by those who know me well as "cerebral"; I live in my head, wonder a lot about a lot of things, and ask questions when possible.

And your question marks are quite beside the point, for when you say something like this: "And before you try to say I am putting words in your mouth ... ", you have done just that.

Best,
Etixos

[wagglebee]

You would be incorrect in assuming anything about what I believe. I am generally described by those who know me well as "cerebral"; I live in my head, wonder a lot about a lot of things, and ask questions when possible.

Well, then DO you think the culture of death is a movement?

Do you think it is a coincidence that some of the same lawyers who killed Terri are trying to kill Lauren?

And your question marks are quite beside the point, for when you say something like this: "And before you try to say I am putting words in your mouth ... ", you have done just that.

I apologize if I hurt your feelings.

[Etixos]

I am spectacularly unclear as to what "the culture of death" actually means. I see the term tossed about a lot, but still don't feel as if I really get it.

As for the lawyers, I do not think it unbelievable that lawyers who were high-profile for months/years in a famous case would be sought out by or seek to join parties in a similar case, especially if it, too, promised to be high-profile. Likely nothing coincidental about it. Does that a conspiracy make? In my view, not enough evidence.

Best,
Etixos

[8mmMauser]

You describe yourself as cerebral so you must know automatically why your comments raise hackles.

If you haven’t noticed, review your own posts on our threads and find consistently that despite saccharine politeness, your words irritate. You come across as an adversary and do not sound at all like you would like to save Lauren from being murdered with the cooperation of the State.

Did I get that right? Can you perhaps enlighten us veterans on just how you are pro-life?

I am glad your cerebral-ness allows you the moxie to admit you were wrong once or perhaps even more. I was wrong once, too. ;-)

Tell us more about yourself and your interest.

Oh yes, if you don’t think there is evidence enough you haven’t been reading enough. It is all there at your keyboard, to research our own threads. We won’t do it for you.

[BykrBayb]

I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.

[wagglebee]

I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.

Yeah, well I thought you owed me an omelet and I still don't have one, so that shows where thinking will get you.

[wagglebee]

I am spectacularly unclear as to what "the culture of death" actually means. I see the term tossed about a lot, but still don't feel as if I really get it.

It's the attitude of many "cerebral" types who think they know better who deserves to live and who is simply a "worthless eater" or "glob of cells." They then set out to find a way to exterminate those "lesser" persons.

[BykrBayb]

The problem is you keep eating the omelets faster than I can make them. Have some Chinese omelets. I bet you won't eat them so fast.

[BykrBayb]

Funny how those self-proclaimed cerebral types think they’re above the fate they prescribe for those they mistakenly believe are less cerebral.

[wagglebee]

Funny how those self-proclaimed cerebral types think they’re above the fate they prescribe for those they mistakenly believe are less cerebral.

Yep, though I'm not sure there's anything "funny" about it.

[wagglebee]

There’s no way to tell what’s in those, I don’t eat other peoples pets.