Michael J Fox Opens Next Chapter in Embryonic Stem Cell Debate
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Posted on 09/05/2006 4:45:45 AM PDT by 8mmMauser
Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- Haleigh Poutre was the victim of child abuse and was nearly killed via euthanasia when Massachusetts officials gave up on her after she entered a coma. Now Poutre, once termed "brain dead" by doctors, continues to improve and is speaking a few words, her grandmother says.
Sandra Sudyka, the girl's biological grandmother, is no longer allowed to visit her granddaughter and now says she is ready to speak to the media about Poutre's condition.
She told The Republican newspaper that she last saw Poutre on July 18 but indicated she was "doing well."
"She was bright-eyed and smiling. She is always responsive to us," Sudyka explained.
Department of Social Services had asked Sudyka not to talk with reporters about Haleigh, but since they will no longer allow her and Haleigh's biological mother, Allison Avrett, to visit the 12 year-old, she said she's going to talk to the media.
"I decided since they broke the deal, I am going to talk. People should know how well she is doing," Sudyka told the newspaper.
"They don't want people to know how she is doing after they wanted to pull the plug," Sudyka said.
DSS spokeswoman Denise Monteiro declined an interview with The Republican but said that the visiting privileges have been suspended, not terminated.
Haleigh first began speaking in June, her grandmother told the newspaper.
"I was saying to her 'I love you,' and she was trying to say 'love' and it came out as a vibration...'ove,'" Sudyka said.
Sudyka, who is working with an attorney to adopt the girl, said she has said hello, responds to comments and questions, speaks nonverbally and is able to write her name. Haleigh can't walk and is confined to a wheelchair.
Avrett, Poutre's biological mother, lost custody of her daughter after physically abusing her. Poutre was put into a foster home where her adoptive parents also abused her. Her adopted mother committed suicide after abusing Poutre so much she had to be hospitalized.
DSS took Poutre into custody and when she appeared to slip into a coma, the agency asked the state Supreme Court for permission to take her life. That's when Poutre began responding.
Poutre has been receiving physical, speech and occupational therapy since January 26 at Franciscan Hospital for Children in Brighton.
Gov. Mitt Romney appointed a commission to look into how the state failed to properly handle the girl's case.
Newsweak is like that and has been like that as long as I can remember. It has never been interested in news. It aspires only to be a player in the world of liberal lunacy. Nobody takes it seriously. Say you are writing a book for grown-ups. Can you even imagine documenting some point with a footnoted reference to Newsweek?
Small and unathletic, Terri didn't have a chance that fateful night.
As always, the liberal-left position is: she was severely injured, so kill her.
Michael J Fox Opens Next Chapter in Embryonic Stem Cell Debate
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>> They told me they cannot in good conscience vote for Kenneth Blackwell, the Republican candidate for Ohio governor, because they believe he is under the thumb of powerful Christian leaders.
Wonder what mask he will wear tomorrow night as he scares the kiddies in his neighborhood..
He's scarier without a mask.
Well we stripped him of his mask anyway so he would have to find a new one. Can you imagine some poor old lady opening the door and seeing Mikey in black hood and sickle in hand, saying "Trick or treat"? With Dethnell flying in lazy circles in the background? Greer oozing out of the misty ground?
Has all the makings of an Ed Wood movie. Lugosi step aside.
First line of his script should have been, "I don't know what the heck I'm talking about, but........"
Just having him show up in a business suit is enough to risk a coronary.
I remember an early column by Annie Coulter saying something like, the one thing everybody agrees on is that Michael Schiavo looks creepy.
Mask for Mikey: GEORGE GREER MASK "I won't want anyone giving those kids candy!"
In any event, it was nice being a country while it lasted. I cannot support Mitt Romney if it turns out that he's just another globalist masquerading as a pro-lifer. I like borders, how about you?
Who would care enough to do an expose on Martin Anderson I wonder.
Freepers, lurkers and media, google,yahoo or dogpile Auditor Melton. Auditor Melton knows how they rob wards in Pinellas-Pasco County, Florida. It's called raiding wards' escrow accounts.
He can take a quick jog to the cemetery and scare his favorite people - the deceased.
looks just like him...
(P.S. These are obviously zoo vultures. Somebody with a really puckish sense of humor named them Lancelot and Guinevere. That made me laugh out loud :-) )
I think that may have been the very LKL interview where Mikey admitted he didn't know what Terri wanted, this was what HE wanted. The truth does slip out, even when one is lying as hard as one can.
The media have always have a wake first. Here is a rare image of a media wake.
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