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"Paulo Melo, 29, has been in a coma at the Royal Darwin Hospital for two weeks, after severing his spinal cord in a car crash." - read more below: doctor requested, family objected, court granted

Only a few politicos paid attention last month when Sen. Sam Brownback held a hearing on the way doctor-assisted suicide impacts society. No legislation emerged from the session. None is forthcoming this year. Major news media did not pick up on the item until weeks later. But during that May 25 meeting of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, those who oppose Oregon’s controversial experiment met their new legislative champion. Since the 2003 retirement of Sen. Don Nickles, the Catholic Republican from Oklahoma, it was not clear who would step in as chief opponent of assisted suicide. Brownback, a Kansas...

SEMINOLE – Death and dying, hospice, palliative care, advanced directives, living wills and bereavement are among the end-of-life issues to be presented by the Applied Ethics Institute of St. Petersburg College at the college’s Digitorium on the Seminole Campus on Thursday, Nov. 17, 7 to 9 p.m. The free forum will be moderated by Mary Tittle, Ph.D., RN, College of Nursing, St. Petersburg College and begin with presentations from David A. Weiland, M.D., The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast; Patricia Thieleman, Ph.D., RN, College of Nursing, St. Petersburg College; and Hanna Osman, Ph.D., College of Public Health, University of South...

Michael Schiavo is making political endorsements? Does he have some kind of Napoleon complex or narcissistic disorder or is it political retribution to Republicans for their support of his wife's right-to-life and a fair chance in the court system? Other than Jodi Centonze, and even her opinion is questionable, who cares who Michael Schiavo endorses for anything? Why does this individual who campaigned long and hard to kill his wife by judicial decree think that Virginia voters will care who he thinks is the best candidate for Governor and will vote according to his endorsement? What ties does Michael Schiavo...

We, the Witness Protection Program For Freepers, aka the Wild Turkeys, aka the Coalition of the Sane, have through mutual discussion and rigourous thought, determined that: 1. The discussion threads regarding Terri Schiavo (hereafter referred to as "TS") have become too full of innuendo, rumormongering, hyperbole, hysteria, namecalling, paranoia, and general poor behavior to warrant participation. 2. Said threads have degenerated into "echo chambers", wherein the same, common thoughts are continually posted again and again, and the same old disreputable, unconfirmed and/or false urban myths are propagated. 3. Anyone who joins in said theads with alternative viewpoints to the most...

"The Schiavo case will probably be the turning point, in our ability to make our case to Americans about the incredible invasiveness of Republicans, when it comes to (citizens) making personal and private decisions," he said. By contrast, the Democrats should be viewed as "the party of individual freedom ... individual and personal responsibility," he said. One problem, however, is that while Dean may speak officially for the Democratic party, he's only one of many players. Sunday, he struggled to explain why so many Senate Democrats barely raised a whimper when the Schiavo intervention bill was sailing through the chamber....

For Immediate release! To: All media, and supporters of life. From: The Family of Mae Magouirk Date: April 6, 2005 Contact: Kenneth Mullinax - Mockingbird@compuhelp.net Shiavo case revisited in Georgia Mae Magouirk…not comatose …not vegetative …not terminal Why is Hospice LaGrange, Ga. withholding nourishment? (LaGrange, Georgia) Mae Magouirk is being withheld nourishment and fluids and the provisions of her Living Will are not being honored at the Hospice-LaGrange, (1510 Vernon Street, LaGrange “Troup County” Georgia, 706-845-3905) a subsidiary of the LaGrange Hospital in LaGrange Georgia. Her family is desperately seeking to save her life before she dies of malnourishment and...

Schiavo in 48 hour window By: Bill McGinty Video Story Supporters like the Rev. Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition say they expect people to try to enter the Woodside Hospice to “rescue” Terri Schiavo if her feeding tube is removed. The Pinellas Park Police has officers stationed in the parking lot and inside the front doors of the hospice in case those threats are attempted. The Florida Legislature is now working on a bill that Governor Bush says he will sign into law that would prevent the removal of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube. The bill should be on...

Terri Schiavo supporters fight to keep her alive Terri Schiavo Video Story This week will be a critical one for the parents and supporters of Terri Schiavo. A judge cleared the way for Schiavo’s feeding tube to be removed on Friday. Terri Schiavo is the brain-damaged woman at the center of a “Right to Die” battle. She suffered brain damage in 1990, after her heart stopped, now her supporters hope to keep her alive. People prayed outside a hospice facility where Terri Schiavo’s staying. Sil Olding says, praying is not enough to keep Schiavo alive. Sil Olding / Schiavo Supporter:“I...

St. Maximilian Kolbe VOLUNTEERED To Be Starved To Death; Terri Schiavo Did NOT By Michael J. GaynorMichNews.com Mar 13, 2005 Michael Schiavo wants to starve his wife Terri to death as soon as possible. Michael claims he is fulfilling Terri's wish. And turned down $1,000,000 to let Terri be cared for by her loving parents instead of starved to death and cremated. Judge Greer claims to believe Michael. He supposedly doesn't suspect that Michael is determined to cover up something that is more important for him to cover up than $1,000,000. If Michael succeeds, he will go down in history...

With time growing short, activists rally to save Terri Schiavo PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - Buoyed by encouragement from actor Mel Gibson, the family of Terri Schiavo joined a rally today pleading for her life, just days before the court-ordered removal of her feeding tube. Video Story About 200 people prayed and sang outside the hospice where the 41-year-old brain-damaged woman lives. Schiavo can breathe on her own, but depends on a tube in her abdomen for food and water. She has been at the center of a long and bitter court battle: Her husband says she wouldn't want to...

The seizure brought on by his dramatic trip to the hospital a week ago suggests the international sense of his indispensability. Pope John Paul (news - web sites) is a graphic figure in the lives of Catholics and many non-Catholics. He is, of course, a towering theological figure who has presided over the development of Catholic thought and practice for the 26 years of his papacy. He is a major historical figure, who began as a Catholic seminarian in a Poland subservient first to a Nazi overlord (they hanged him in Nuremberg), then to a communist overlord (nothing happened to...

Week of Holocaust events helps people remember the past Event Calendar By Anne Farrell February 28, 2005 Of more information regarding the Holocaust or CANDLES visit: www.candles-museum.com www.ushmm.org www.holocaustsurvivors.org www.annefrank.com From 1933 to 1945, more than two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population was sacrificed along with gypsies, homosexuals, physically disabled and anyone else who was considered to be socially unacceptable. CSU students are presenting the ninth annual Holocaust Awareness Week beginning today through Friday. This year's theme is "60 years of Liberation: Every Face has a Number. Every Number has a Face" and will celebrate Holocaust survivors' accomplishments and struggles. "This...

"The Bottom Line" : Money Trumps Life With Northeast "RINOS" By Doug Wrenn Feb 27, 2005, 22:51 It never fails. I guess I just have one of those faces. Everywhere I go, total strangers just feel the need to come up and talk to me. Working long hours on the road, lunch, when I can get it, is often catch as catch can. I usually enjoy the solitude of eating in my car, often overlooking a scenic area if possible, and listening to the radio. One day last week, I had a little extra time and decided to eat like...

It's merely a guess - and an admittedly presumptuous one, too - but here's some unsolicited advice for attorney George Felos - as long as Jeb Bush reigns over Florida, your client Michael Schiavo will never be permitted to allow his brain-damaged wife Terri to die. Even if courts continue to rule in Michael Schiavo's favor? Nope, not even then. Not even if indeed it was Terri's wish never to be simply kept alive as the world's leading Larry King prop?Nope, not even then. Not even if the medical evidence supports the argument that Terri Schiavo's consciousness slipped away 15...

Thanks to the efforts of members and lurkers on Free Republic and their friends with pro-life email lists around the country, a baby's life was saved last August. An urgent request for adoption by a sidewalk counselor in Glendale California was posted here August 24, 2004 (original post). The single mother was told her baby had Downs Syndrome and for that reason no one would want to adopt her baby. Our Blessed friend in Glendale was eventually flooded with over 600 emails from Freepers and their friends willing to adopt the baby. The mother was so overwhelmed that she decided...

On the radio as breaking so far!

Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The parents of Terri Schiavo lost another legal battle Monday in their fight to prevent their daughter from being starved to death. The Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal denied a motion filed by Bob and Mary Schindler asking it to delay issuing a mandate that could allow Terri's death. Earlier this month, the appeals court rejected a legal argument saying starving Terri to death would violate her religious liberties. As a Catholic, the Schindlers contend Terri would not want to have her life ended. The appeal court is expected to issue a mandate in the...

The 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland denied Bob and Mary Schindler's motion to delay issuing an order it plans to release at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. That order could allow Terri's husband, Michael, to seek removal of the feeding tube

It's high noon in America when it comes to that disabled Florida woman whose feeding tubes could be removed as early as this week and it is beyond comprehension that a nation could sit back and watch the slow, painful death of a woman who can talk, who is aware, who expresses laughter, who has swallowed on her own, who expresses fear, whose parents love her. This is not a woman who wants to die; this is a woman who, against all odds, has battled for 14 years now to live -- and who has been mysteriously prone to utter...