http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/schiavo/ en-us Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:59:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393849/posts By Alex Schadenberg, Chairman, Euthanasia Prevention CoalitionNovember 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Many people will have read the story of Rom Houben, the Belgium man who was diagnosed as being in a permanent vegetative state (PVS) for 23 years, but who in fact had a condition known as Locked-in Syndrome. A person in locked-in syndrome is fully aware of all of their surroundings and they hear and remember the conversations that take place around them, but due to their cognitive disability they are unable to respond.The case of Rom Houben is significant given that many bioethicists are attempting to redefine... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393849/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:59:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392338/posts A man thought by doctors to be in a vegetative state for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it was revealed last night. Student Rom Houben was misdiagnosed after a car crash left him totally paralysed. He had no way of letting experts, family or friends know he could hear every word they said. Rom Houben was trapped in a coma for 23 years and had no way of letting anyone know he could hear what they were saying (pictured posed by model) 'I screamed, but there was nothing to hear,' said Mr Houben, now 46. Daily Mail [UK] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392338/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:51:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341361/posts Five years ago the beginning of the end of Terri Schindler Schiavo’s life was transforming America into two battle camps, which fought bitterly over to preserve the life of who Terri’s father Robert Schindler told me he lovingly called his angel, Terri or to let government let her be starved to death. Yet after five years should America just simply move on? Would you simply move on if it were your child who suddenly was incapacitated and went through Terri Schiavo’s experience? It is an interesting question because there are those in the media and even probably in your office,... Hearken The Watchmen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341361/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:19:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352273/posts After World War II, the U.S. government invested an enormous amount of money in medicine; medical research, medical procedures and medical technologies. This investment made contemporary scientific medicine into American medicine, characterized by a continuing flow of new treatment possibilities. These advances raised all kinds of ethical questions. Some were personal and individual, others were social and political. Both type questions are addressed by a new academic discipline called bioethics. The first attempt to develop a scientific medicine took place in Greece in the 5th century B.C. It was called Hippocratic medicine. Closely linked with this first scientific medicine was... Meadville Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352273/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 06:22:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344851/posts ScienceDaily (Sep. 21, 2009) — Scientists have found that some individuals in the vegetative and minimally conscious states, despite lacking the means of reporting awareness themselves, can learn and thereby demonstrate at least a partial consciousness. Their findings are reported in the online edition of Nature Neuroscience....This learning requires conscious awareness of the relation between stimuli -- the tone precedes and predicts the puff of air to the eye. This type of learning was not seen in the control subjects, volunteers who had been under anaesthesia. Science Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344851/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:36:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2338283/posts I received a telephone call telling me a friend died of a heart attack. His name was Bob Schindler. His death certificate may say he died of cardiac arrest but those of us who knew Bob know he really died of a broken heart. I first met Bob, his wife Mary and their son Bobby in 2001 while I was in Charlotte, North Carolina to deliver the keynote address at the U.S. National Right to Life Prayer Breakfast. Bob and MaryÂ’s daughter was Terri Schiavo. They approached me to ask for help to save Terri from being starved and... MarkPickup.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2338283/posts#comment Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:38:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332806/posts [This week] the pro-life movement mourns the loss of Mr. Robert Schindler, Sr., the father of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, whose fight for life captured the heart of the pro-life community in 2005. Mr. Schindler [was buried] in Philadelphia [yesterday] without the fanfare or accolades that are due a real champion who fought one of the most insidious evils of modern society — the legalized murder of the innocent. His funeral [was] not be televised on all the cable news networks, no cardinals [attended] it, and the President of the United States [[did] not deliver the eulogy — thank God. Mr. Schindler,... ce http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332806/posts#comment Sat, 5 Sep 2009 13:17:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328369/posts Terri Schiavo's Father Dies At 71 (St. Petersburg, FL) -- The father of a woman who was at the center of a battle over "end of life" issues has died. Terri Schiavo's dad, Robert Schindler, passed away on Saturday at the age of 71. Schindler, his wife Mary, and their two other children became national figures back in 2005 while fighting to keep Terri alive on a feeding tube, against the wishes of her husband, Michael. Bobby Schindler released a statement saying he was "heartbroken" over the loss of his father and called his father "a man of integrity, character,... MetroSource News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328369/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:49:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327794/posts MIAMI (AP) - The father of Terri Schiavo, who became a national symbol in a closely watched right-to-die fight, has died, his son said Saturday. Robert Schindler was 71. Schindler, a tireless activist through years of legal wrangling, died from heart failure at a hospital in St. Petersburg. Terri Schiavo, who courts ruled was in a "persistent vegetative state," died in 2005 after the feeding tube that had nourished her for years was removed according to her husband's wishes. My Way News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327794/posts#comment Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:17:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327499/posts Terri Schiavo's Father Robert Schindler Dies, Pro-Life Group Mourns His Death St. Petersburg, FL -- Robert Schindler, the father of Terri Schiavo, whose former husband subjected her to a painful 13-day starvation and dehydration death, died overnight. Schindler, 72, had been battling health issues and he died of apparent heart failure. http://www.LifeNews.com/bio2943.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327499/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:01:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314517/posts Obamacare and the Ghost of Terri Schiavo Why Americans Worry About The Democrats Pulling Grandma's Plug Dan McLaughlin Wednesday, August 12th at 4:54PM EDT 2 Comments NPR’s headline on yesterday’s town hall on health care by President Obama: Obama Says His Health Plan Won’t ‘Pull The Plug On Grandma’ The NY Daily News had a similar headline using that quote in this morning’s print edition, as does this Reuters item; the NY Post less delicately shortens the headline to ‘WE WON’T PULL PLUG ON GRANNY’.This is not the place the White House wanted to be in right now. Even George... Red State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314517/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:01:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301600/posts Former Florida Senate President Jim King, who sometimes fought Gov. Jeb Bush and his own Republican Party over the Terri Schiavo right-to-die battle in 2005, died Sunday after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer, a family spokeswoman said. He was 69 Channel 4 - Jacksonville, FL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301600/posts#comment Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:06:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292659/posts <p>Speaking of judicial empathy, where was the empathy for the helpless Terri Schiavo as she was dehydrated to death by judicial order, without even the simple kindness of allowing the grieving parents to whet her blistering lips as she was being tortured to death?</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292659/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:09:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1225712/posts To the disgust of Florida's left-wing newspapers, Gov. Jeb Bush has tried to save Terri Schiavo from a gruesome, painful death by dehydration and starvation. Now the usual suspects in the pro-death crowd are rejoicing at the latest ruling by the Democrat-run Florida Supreme Court. But the governor said, "I'm disappointed for the moral reasons of the taking of innocent life without having, I don't think, a full hearing on the facts of what her intent was." He observed that courts can delay death sentences for decades. Will the innocent Mrs. Schiavo be accorded the same privileges granted to vicious... NewsMax .com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1225712/posts#comment Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:13:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272374/posts June 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - This article presents the Christian attitude toward abortion before the first ecumenical council, that is, until A.D. 325. Because the New Testament does not comment on the morality of abortion, this article considers the writings of the first generations of Christians after the apostles, for they indicate that opposition to abortion (1) was shared at a time when the writers — or Christians not many generations earlier — personally knew the apostles or their first disciples and thus benefited from their unwritten teachings and interpretations of Scripture, (2) comes from a date so early that... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272374/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:07:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253811/posts TALLAHASSEE -- State Sen. Jim King, a Jacksonville Republican and 22-year veteran of the Legislature, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the lawmaker's longtime spokeswoman said Saturday. “During a recent routine post-legislative session checkup, Senator Jim King was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. While Senator King plans to seek additional medical counsel and aggressive treatment, he is aware that this particular type of cancer is difficult to treat and manage, and that the outcomes are, at best, guarded," said Sarah Bascom, a political consultant and longtime spokeswoman for King, in a statement. Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253811/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 12:18:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250728/posts The little girl flung from a minivan yesterday morning in west Omaha has died, according to the Omaha Police Department. Josie Bluhm, 4, was in a 2007 Chrysler Town & Country driven by her mother when the crash occurred. Her mother's minivan was southbound on 180th Street about 7:25 a.m. Tuesday when a 2007 Ford F-150 pickup driven west on West Center Road by Eleazar Rangel-Ochoa, 27, ran a red light and slammed into it, authorities said. Josie was the most severely hurt of those injured in the crash. She suffered brain hemorrhaging and was eventually declared brain dead. Life... Omaha World Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250728/posts#comment Thu, 14 May 2009 13:18:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195368/posts   DOCUMENTARY REVEALS NEW DETAILS IN TERRI SCHIAVO CASE   By Gina Adams Story Published: Feb 25, 2009 at 5:31 PM CST Story Updated: Feb 25, 2009 at 5:34 PM CST The story of Terri Schiavo caused a nationwide uproar that garnered the attention of the worldwide media, the U.S. Congress, and even the office of the President of the United States.   The ethical and cultural implications of her case are still being felt throughout society and continue to spark debate. In the newly-released documentary, The Terri Schiavo Story (Franklin Springs Family Media), previously unexplored facts of the... UC Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195368/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:47:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195226/posts           DOCUMENTARY REVEALS NEW DETAILS IN TERRI SCHIAVO CASE By Gina Adams Story Published: Feb 25, 2009 at 5:31 PM CST Story Updated: Feb 25, 2009 at 5:34 PM CST The story of Terri Schiavo caused a nationwide uproar that garnered the attention of the worldwide media, the U.S. Congress, and even the office of the President of the United States.   The ethical and cultural implications of her case are still being felt throughout society and continue to spark debate.   In the newly-released documentary, The Terri Schiavo Story (Franklin Springs Family Media), previously... UC Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195226/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:56:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194628/posts New York, NY -- Rolling Stone magazine is coming under fire for featuring a mock interview with former President George W. Bush in its latest issue. During the interview, Rolling Stone satirizes the death of Terri Schiavo by having the former president supposedly mocking her death, even though he tried to save her life. LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194628/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:19:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2177348/posts The tragic story of Terri Schiavo has, for most Americans, become a faded memory. But now, thanks to Ken Carpenter and Franklin Springs Family Media, the account of her heart-wrenching ordeal will forever be available to those who believe in the sanctity and value of human life. Narrated by well known Christian author and advocate for the disabled, Joni Eareckson Tada . . . Old Virginia Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2177348/posts#comment Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:44:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2166763/posts A MAN whose family was told he would die without waking has spoken his first words after almost three years in a coma. "I am better," Ilija Marinovic told his wife, Margaret. Mrs Marinovic said: "I didn't believe it because all the doctors said it would never happen." While Mr Marinovic has been "away", his daughter has celebrated her 18th birthday, his son has had a second child, his sister has died and the whole world has changed. The 57-year-old was unaware his only son, Dinko, flew from Croatia twice to see him - once expecting to collect his body.... HearldSun.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2166763/posts#comment Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:22:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1069089/posts 9/11 widow Ellen Mariani(Derry, N.H.) says George W. Bush is a gangster. We talk to her and her lawyer Philip J. Berg: Ellen Mariani last saw her husband Louis Neil early on the morning of September 11, 2001, at Logan Airport, where they were taking different flights to Los Angeles for a daughter’s wedding. He hadn’t gotten his tickets until the last minute, and couldn’t get on her flight, but there were seats open on Flight 175. Neil Mariani died when that plane crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center, and after rejecting a settlement offer of... ThePortlandPhoenix http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1069089/posts#comment Sat, 31 Jan 2004 18:38:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2159964/posts President-elect Barack Obama has nominated Thomas J. Perrelli to be associate attorney general, according to reports. You may remember Perrelli, managing partner in the DC office of Jenner & Block, from a few years back. Perrelli represented Michael Schiavo in the landmark right-to-kill case that paved the way for Mr. Schiavo to terminate the inconvenient life of his wife, Terri. Capital Research Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2159964/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:53:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159814/posts Washington, DC -- Barack Obama has named the lawyer who represented Terri Schiavo’s husband Michael in his efforts to kill his disabled wife as the third highest attorney in the Justice Department. Thomas Perrelli, who won an award for representing Schiavo's former husband, had severed on Obama's transition team. Full story at: http://www.LifeNews.com/bio2685.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159814/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:07:47 GMT