Thread by wagglebee.
Rome, Italy (LifeNews.com) -- The family of Terri Schiavo is concerned about an Italian woman whose father has won the right form a court to subject her to a painful euthanasia death. They fear Eluana Englaro will be dehydrated and starved to death in the same way Terri's husband forced her to endure.
Englaro has been in what doctors term a vegetative state for 16 years and has received food and water through a feeding tube......
Terri Schiavo's Family Concerned About Italian Woman and Euthanasia Fight
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An Italian father and his advisers were looking for a place for his daughter to die yesterday as doctors, prelates and politicians wrangled over a judgment that critics said opened the way for euthanasia in the Vatican's backyard.
An appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Beppino Englaro from Lecco near Milan could order the removal of the feeding tube that keeps his 37-year-old daughter Eluana alive. The judges' decision took immediate effect. But the prosecution service, which had opposed his application, has 60 days in which to appeal and yesterday signalled that it was awaiting the full judgment before making a decision....
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The family's lawyer had expected Englaro to be taken to Lecco hospital. But yesterday Massei, who has volunteered to oversee the withdrawal of nutrition and hydration, told an interviewer: "Lecco hospital, like other hospitals, is for the curing of patients."
Father seeks place for daughter to die
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