Excerpt... whole article worth reading:
"Michael Schiavo, the husband of the now-deceased Terri Schiavo, got some help from Catholics in his quest to convince the Florida courts to permit the course of events that eventually led to his wife's death by starvation. In the case Jeb Bush v. Michael Schiavo (decided in November), Michael Schiavo received the help of a local Catholic, James Walter, a bioethics professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Walter was one of the signers of an amicus curiae brief, submitted in July of last year, that argued that Michael Schiavo should be allowed to deprive his wife — in a persistent vegetative state for 15 years — of food and hydration. Terri Schiavo died March 29 of starvation."
"Professor Walter's participation in the Terri Schiavo story is a small one, but for Catholics in Southern California it is of some importance in demonstrating the quality of bioethics education at the Southland's premier Catholic university, for Walter is the director of the Bioethics Insititute at Loyola Marymount. The amicus curiae brief presumably reflects Walter's thought, since he signed it. But more revealing, perhaps, is an article he co-wrote in 2004 for the the National Catholic Reporter assessing Pope John Paul II's 2004 address in which the pontiff said that persons in a persistent vegetative should not be deprived of nutrition and hydration. In this article, I will consider the amicus curiae brief and Walter's Reporter article in turn.
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NOTE TO SALVATION, NYer, PYRO: WOULD LOVE TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW WALTER'S CONTRIBUTION REALLY SQUARES WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S POSITION ON EUTHANASIA. DID HE USE LANGUAGE COUCHED IN SUBTLETIES TO FRAME A HELPFUL POSITION FOR M.SCHIAVO THAT'S REALLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE CHURCH? ==========================================================
And.. showing both the state of the judicial system in Florida AND the spread of the culture of death at work .. an innocent life will again be taken:
Judge in Florida approves abortion for 13-year-old
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. A judge in Florida says a 13-year-old girl can have an abortion.
The girl, identified only as L-G, has been in state custody for four years. And her case has been at the center of an abortion fight.
Florida's Department of Children and Families says she is too young and immature to decide for herself whether to end her pregnancy.
However the judge who initially blocked her from getting an abortion until she could be psychologically evaluated says she won't be physically or emotionally harmed.
The judge's decision was released yesterday.
State officials have not said if they'll appeal.
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FLORIDA DCF: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?? WHERE ARE YOU HIDING???
"ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — A firefighter brain-damaged in a 1995 roof collapse had an "amazing" weekend, recognizing and speaking with his four sons and other family and friends for the first time in years, a family spokesman said Monday.
"I want to talk to my wife," Donald Herbert (search) said out of the blue Saturday at the skilled nursing facility where he has lived for more than seven years. Staff members put Linda Herbert on the telephone.
It was the first of many conversations he had during a 14-hour stretch, Herbert's uncle, Simon Manka said.
"How long have I been away?" Herbert asked.
"We told him almost 10 years," the uncle said. "He thought it was only three months."
PRAISE THE LORD!!
#2157 Catholic from S. Cal. backed HINO up.
James Walker is not a Catholic - he is a C.I.N.O.
A number of years ago Mother Angelica said that anti-Catholicism is invading Catholic colleges. She was right.
About the 13 year old, did she herself want an abortion?