Posted on 02/27/2009 5:47:09 AM PST by BykrBayb
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Great job on the thread, thanks so much!
It was an honor.
WB
Four Years Ago Today, March 29, 2005 |
Thread by GonzoII.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. During the last days of Terri Schiavos life, her family and supporters feverishly tried to prevent her from being starved and dehydrated to death.
The brain-damaged Florida woman was the subject of a bitter battle between her husband, who pushed to end her life, and her family, who wished to care for her. Her familys efforts to save her ultimately proved futile: She died on March 31, 2005.
Four years after her death, Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life and Father Thomas Euteneuer of Human Life International will concelebrate a Mass at Ave Maria University in Florida in her memory. It is part of the second annual Terris Day, also known as the International Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Terri Schindler Schiavo and All Our Vulnerable Brothers and Sisters.
The day was established by the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation and Priests for Life.
This issue did not die with my sister, Terri, said Bobby Schindler, director of the foundation. There are tens of thousands of people in similar conditions who are in jeopardy of being killed like her in our country and worldwide.
Indeed, a high-profile case in Italy was compared to the Schindler familys plight of four years ago. Beppino Englaro, the father of Eluana Englaro, a 38-year-old Italian woman who was in a persistent vegetative state for years, fought to remove her feeding tube to cause her death. The resulting legal battle culminated with Italys top court late last year awarding Englaro the right to disconnect his daughter from life support. Among those protesting was the Church.
Eluana lost her life Feb. 9.
During the debate, Italians checked out the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation website.
It tracks people from all over the world, and, other than America, Italy was getting the most hits, Bobby Schindler said.
He said several Canadians supported Terris Day last year, and he expected the same this year.
There are some people up there that Ive been in contact with, and I know they will be doing some things on March 31, he said.
The Churchs teaching on the matter is clear. According to the Catechism, Whatever its motives and means, direct euthanasia consists in putting an end to the lives of handicapped, sick or dying persons. It is morally unacceptable (No. 2277).
Wesley Smith, a senior fellow in human rights and bioethics at the Discovery Institute, said the Schiavo case made many people aware for the first time that people could be legally dehydrated to death if they had a severe cognitive disability. After Terris death, he said, Due to many factors, particularly media bias, [there] has been a general shrugging of the shoulders, with more people now willing to countenance doing to a vulnerable human what would cause utter and justified outrage if it were done to a dog.
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Edinburgh, Scotland (LifeNews.com) -- Scotland MSP Margo MacDonald has narrowed her bill that would legalize assisted suicide, but the measure still targets the disabled. MacDonald is hoping to get a private member's bill introduced at Holyrood this year, and she has narrowed the scope of the bill to attract more support.
The Scottish Parliament, the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, has not been receptive to the legislation thus far.
MacDonald originally had only four members of the parliament behind her effort.
To get more MSPs on her side, she modified her bill to only allow assisted suicides for three specific categories of people. That includes those with a progressive, degenerative conditions; people who have suffered a trauma such as accidents or injuries and that left them dependent on others for care; and people with terminal illness. . .
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Quoting Deliverance, the newsletter of Dr Nitschke's organisation, Exit International, The Observer said the kits, which have chemicals that change colour when mixed with lethal barbiturates, would be released in May. . .
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So, now that we know that many people thought to be unconscious--are actually awake and aware--some might think that would cause bioethicists to step back from the dehydration agenda. As I have long predicted, not on a bet! An article published in the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy by Oxford bioethicists Guy Kahane and the always crassly utilitarian Julian Saveulescu, makes it clear that demonstrable awareness should be no bar to ending the lives of these disabled patients. . .
"We will not be silent.
We are your bad conscience.
The White Rose will give you no rest."
This is horrible.
(So, Jeb told Jesse he was going to let her die after they met).
Jackson got the truth out of Jeb anyway and came bk to hospice with nothing but his pimped up ride - empty handed.
Fifteen Patients Die as Earth Hour Kills Life Support in HospitalBy Brian Briggs
San Francisco, CA Fifteen patients on life support and in surgery died at San Francisco General Hospital when power was cut for "Earth hour" on Saturday.
The hospital was pleased with their participation in the worldwide celebration of the planet. "We asked all the patients and their families if they were all right with us cutting the power. To a person, they all said as stewards of this planet it was their duty to observe Earth Hour. They knew the risks and were willing to take it," said hospital administrator Lawrence Cho.
Cho said that it was a net gain for planet Earth, despite the deaths. "The dead patients will no longer use any energy, and actually will be turned into energy in our patient incinerator," said hospital administrator Lawrence Cho.
As power was cut in the critical care ward some patients screamed in pain, others died calmly in their sleep. Cho said that most of the medical equipment has battery-powered back up systems, but those were disabled, because hospital officials felt that violated the spirit of Earth Hour.
Heart surgeon Dr. Gregory Morris was doing an open-heart procedure when the lights went out. "I wasn't sure what I was cutting into. Turns out it wasn't his heart, but his bowels. Unfortunately, Mr. Simms didn't make it."
Marla Tompkins, surviving sister of cancer patient Warren Tompkins, said, "Warren struggled for breath as his ventilator was powered down. I thought he might make it, but with three minutes left before power was to be turned back on, he expired. It was tragic, but kept me on the edge of the seat the whole time."
Cho hopes other hospitals learn from the example of San Francisco General and participate in next year's Earth Hour.
The Culture of Death Advances
From March 30, 2005 (WorldNetDaily)
By Pat J. Buchhanan
On Good Friday, as Terri Schiavo lay dying of thirst in Woodside Hospice, Gabriel Keys took her a cup of water. Gabriel was arrested, handcuffed and taken away.
Apparently, no one taught Gabriel that you do not disobey a judge's order, even to bring water to someone dying of thirst. As he is 10 years old, he is probably not yet conversant with the new morality, where a corporal work of mercy can be a crime. Perhaps his parents filled his mind with such subversive texts as, "Whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones, a cup of cold water" shall not lose eternal life.
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Thread by Steelfish.
A doctor molested three pregnant women as they were undergoing terminations at a Marie Stopes family planning clinic, a court heard today.
Dr Narendra Sharma, 51, stunned colleagues when he began using the women's hands to carry out sexual acts upon himself as they lay semi-conscious under anaesthetic, it was claimed.
One nurse reacted with 'shock, horror and utter disbelief' when she spotted anaesthetist Sharma exposing himself after holding one patient's hand and noticing 'up and down movements,' a jury was told.
The incidents occurred over an 11-day period during termination procedures at the Manchester branch of the worldwide charitable organisation which helps protect young mothers from back street abortions.
The women aged between 18 and 22 were under a 'partial' anaesthetic. They were not under a full general anaesthic but were unaware of their surroundings. . .
Thread by me.
NEW YORK, March 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The bishop recently appointed to head up the archdiocese of New York - one of the most influential positions in the U.S. Catholic Church - said in an interview yesterday that Notre Dame "made a big mistake" by inviting President Obama to receive an honorary degree and give the commencement address at the school on May 17.
"They made a big mistake ... in an issue that is very close to the heart of Catholic world view, namely, the protection of innocent life in the womb, [Obama] has unfortunately taken a position very much at odds with the Church," Archbishop Timothy Dolan told host Charlie Sykes on the "Sunday Insight" program of Milwaukee station TMJ4.
Dolan is the fifth bishop to condemn the university's decision since the March 20 announcement that Obama had accepted the invitation, and announcement sparked a wave of protest from the American Catholic community. . .
Knowing how people in FL are, George W. Greer may be the one “Republican” who can hold the Senate seat being vacated by the popular Mel Martinez.
I’m afraid we can pray until we are blue in the face, but the women of America will still rush to their nearest abortuary to keep themselves free of the unwanted ones.
Lord, may your perfect justice prevail in order to prevent
this travesty!
Thanks for the ping!
Four Years Ago Today, Terri Schiavo Dies After Almost Two Weeks Without Food or Water |
I frequently see reference to “state sanctioned murder.” That needs to be corrected. The state didn’t merely sanction her murder. It ordered her murder. Judge Greer didn’t give anyone permission to kill Terri Schiavo. He issued a court order demanding that she be hung by the neck until dead. No wait, that wasn’t the method of execution. But I digress. The point is, it wasn’t a state sanctioned murder. It was a state ordered murder.
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You are absolutely correct!
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