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Wesley J. Smith: A New "Haleigh Poutre" in Texas?
Secondhand Smoke ^ | 1/22/09 | Wesley J. Smith

Posted on 01/22/2009 11:16:35 AM PST by wagglebee

SHS's good friend, attorney Jerri Ward, is gearing up to fight a case in Texas that is eerily reminiscent of the Haleigh Poutre case. An attorney ad litem for a terribly abused baby named David Coronado Jr., wanted to stop all treatment because the baby is expected to remain profoundly cognitively disabled. From the story:

The fate of a brain-damaged 6-month-old Dallas boy is uncertain after his court-appointed attorney on Tuesday withdrew a motion to let doctors take the baby off life support...The baby's attorney ad litem, Holly Schreier, told a juvenile district court judge that doctors at Children's Medical Center Dallas had assessed a change in the baby's condition. She did not say what the change was, and she did not return a call for comment.

A doctor reported in December that he expected David to suffer severe disabilities if he survived. It is unclear if doctors now expect the baby to remain in a vegetative or minimally conscious state. Meanwhile, word of the possible hearing on withdrawing the child's life support had spread over the weekend among right-to-life and disabilities-rights groups, at least one of which readied attorneys to intervene Tuesday morning. "Brains are very resilient, and in a 6-month-old baby, to conclude that he's neurologically devastated and is going to stay permanently that way I think is irresponsible," said Jerri Lynn Ward, an attorney representing Not Dead Yet, a disabilities-rights group.
A few points: First, the child was only injured last month. What's the rush? Second: It is wrong for a guardian to want her ward dead "in his best interests" because he is expected to be seriously disabled if he survives. The message of that decision is stark: his death is better than living with serious disabilities--which I don't think a guardian should be allowed by law to assume.

We saw this same rush to remove treatment and "death is better than profoundly disabled" kind of thinking in Haleigh's case. But for the time it took to get the Supreme Court's approval for the dehydration, Haleigh would be dead today instead of in rehabilitation and going to school. Good grief! Do we never learn?

Hopefully, this will be the end of the matter and the baby will receive proper care. If not, I will comment about it here.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: davidcoronadojr; euthanasia; jerriward; moralabsolutes; prolife
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A few points: First, the child was only injured last month. What's the rush? Second: It is wrong for a guardian to want her ward dead "in his best interests" because he is expected to be seriously disabled if he survives. The message of that decision is stark: his death is better than living with serious disabilities--which I don't think a guardian should be allowed by law to assume.

ALL LIFE is "worth living"!

1 posted on 01/22/2009 11:16:40 AM PST by wagglebee
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2 posted on 01/22/2009 11:17:41 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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3 posted on 01/22/2009 11:18:19 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

no, it isnt


4 posted on 01/22/2009 11:19:14 AM PST by beebuster2000
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To: BykrBayb; floriduh voter; Lesforlife; Sun

Urgent Ping!


5 posted on 01/22/2009 11:19:18 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: beebuster2000

If your premise was true, which it ISN’T, what would you suggest as the “benchmark” and HOW would you keep it from changing?


6 posted on 01/22/2009 11:20:54 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

They are saying here that the doctors have seen some improvement. Keep the prayers rolling.


7 posted on 01/22/2009 11:21:23 AM PST by DallasDeb (USAFA '06 Mom)
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To: wagglebee

The younger the person the more rewiring a brain can do


8 posted on 01/22/2009 11:23:31 AM PST by GeronL (DAY 3, YEAR 0 - "and when white will embrace what is right". Hate speech on parade in a benediction)
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To: DallasDeb

Thanks, I hadn’t heard about his case until just now.


9 posted on 01/22/2009 11:24:13 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

Yes, what’s the rush?


10 posted on 01/22/2009 11:28:09 AM PST by Dante3
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To: beebuster2000

What is your criteria for judging another persons life is worthless?


11 posted on 01/22/2009 11:28:19 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: wagglebee

For now, all I know to do is pray. For little David Coronado Jr., and for the empty shells who think it’s a good idea to torture people to death, to “save” them from a life of imperfection.


12 posted on 01/22/2009 11:29:27 AM PST by BykrBayb (May God have mercy on our souls. ~ Þ)
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What is your criteria for judging another persons life is worthless?

Probably this:

This person suffering from hereditary defects
costs the people 60,000 Reichmarks during his lifetime.
People, that is your money. Read ‘New People’.

13 posted on 01/22/2009 11:30:53 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Some people use up their assets, instead of giving up the ghost early and passing their stuff on to greedy relatives.


14 posted on 01/22/2009 11:37:40 AM PST by BykrBayb (May God have mercy on our souls. ~ Þ)
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To: BykrBayb
Yup. I've seen that.

A baby this young has a chance of recovery as it's still "developing".

Wait until the euthanasia crowd needs some understanding and compassion. I'd snicker but still fight for their right to life.

15 posted on 01/22/2009 11:41:41 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: wagglebee

Lord! I hate that picture!


16 posted on 01/22/2009 11:42:39 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: DJ MacWoW

What do you mean?


17 posted on 01/22/2009 11:47:27 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

I hate what it represents. And we used it on the Terri threads. I’ve never understood wanting to kill the helpless.


18 posted on 01/22/2009 11:54:01 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Unfortunately, it represents EXACTLY what the culture of death is trying to do.


19 posted on 01/22/2009 11:59:15 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

Yes and that’s why it makes me sick.


20 posted on 01/22/2009 12:03:37 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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