A LOVELY FAMILY WHO NEEDS A MIRACLE IF THEY ARE DENIED JUSTICE
Posted on 12/29/2004 7:16:22 AM PST by floriduh voter
The Terri Schindler Schiavo Daily Threads are created month to month as we watch local and national news regarding Terri and her family.
Since Terri's supporters are in every time zone, you may see something FIRST. Please share news with us that you don't see here already. Now, why would you want to do that? Terri's Daily Thread for September/October of 2004 was viewed over 15,000 times. Terri's November Daily Thread was viewed over 6,000 times. December's thread is over 3,000 views.
More and more good folks are finding out about Terri and that judicial tyranny would take her life, but for lots and lots of prayer and non-stop lobbying of relatives, friends, clergy, our leaders, the media, a passerby, a cashier - ANYONE who you feel comfortable chatting with.
Folks always want to know how can this be in America or on earth for that matter? Unfortunately, this is really happening to an innocent woman who just celebrated her 41st birthday. She's not the only one but she's the one with devoted parents and siblings who knows what's in Terri's heart. Terri has a strong will to live. That's apparent. It's been 14 years.
Besides, feeding tubes have been around practically since the Civil War. They are not high tech devices. Terri is "not hooked up to machines". Her feeding tube is the diameter of a piece of spaghetti.
Talkin' about Terri is the best way to lobby for her. It is a salespitch to save her life and subsequently, many lives. If you've never sold anything in your life, START NOW. START WITH TERRI.
See Terri's flash movies if you need more information. You can see for yourself that's she's interactive and follows the doctor's instructions.
Visit: http://www.terrisfight.org
NOTE: Terri's December Dailies are noted as a source above. There are lots of important links at the very top of that thread. If you missed Terri's Celebration of Life, you can click on it from there.
"On January 11, 1983, 25-year old Nancy Cruzan was driving alone on an icy road, lost control of her vehicle, and was seriously injured in the resulting accident. She never regained consciousness and became one of the approximately ten thousand Americans living in a persistent comatose state. Her medical status was that of a "severely handicapped" person. She required no life support machinery other than a feeding tube implanted in her stomach in early 1983. She was not terminally ill. " In order to kill Cruzan, it was necessary to first dehumanize her, a task willingly and expertly taken up by Dr. Fred Plum, Chief of Neurology at the Cornell New York Hospital. During testimony, he referred to her as a mere "collection of organs" and an "artifact of technological medicine."In an interview with Nat Hentoff, Dr. Ronald Granford observed that she was the "moral equivalent of a biopsy from Nat Hentoff's arm," and asserted that her "legal personhood" should be removed so she could be disposed of or experimented upon without the bother of having to go to court.
"Nancy's parents petitioned a lower court to order the Missouri Rehabilitation Center at Mount Vernon to allow their daughter to die. This court granted the petition, but the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the lower court decision, stating that a decision to withhold or refuse treatment must be an "informed" one, and, most importantly, that a state's interest in human life does not depend on the of that life. On appeal, the case became the first to directly address the question of euthanasia at the United States Supreme Court level. In a stunning victory for life, the Supreme Court narrowly averted making this case the euthanasiast's by denying that the so-called "right to die" is unfettered and absolute. The justices ruled that the States may require "clear and convincing" evidence that a comatose person actually wished to die before they lost their ability to decide their fates for themselves. The Court essentially held that the States do not have to buckle under to family member's demands when a patient's wishes cannot be concretely proven.
"However, the ruling indicated that there is a Constitutional right to refuse tube feeding and other life-sustaining measures when patients make their wishes clearly known before they become incompetent. So a determined Joe and Joyce Cruzan headed back to the Missouri courts, and rounded up a string of Nancy's co-workers who were willing to testify that she would never want to live "like a vegetable." Nobody bothered to explain how her co-workers could all remember such a statement so clearly after more than eight years. Nancy did not enjoy any kind of representation in the State court; nobody testified for her, because all of those who wanted her to live were ruled nonparties by the judge. The outcome of the one-sided hearing was a foregone conclusion.
"Her feeding tube was removed on December 14, 1990 at the Missouri Rehabilitation Center in Mount Vernon, Missouri. In a chilling portent of the future, the first rescue mission staged to save a person from death occurred on Tuesday, December 18, 1990. 19 persons were arrested as they tried to reach Nancy's hospital room. They were charged with the same offenses they encountered at abortion mills; criminal trespass and unlawful assembly. Scores of armed police officers patrolled the halls of the Missouri Rehabilitation Center (George Orwell would be proud!) until she finally died of starvation and thirst after 12 days, on the day after Christmas 1990. 1988 - Missouri Supreme Court
double trouble. It didn't take the first time so we have two posts on Nancy Cruzan now.
" visited www.myflorida.com and they have a section called "MY SUGGESTIONS" which will be forwarded to Fla AG Crist if they meant what they printed at myflorida.com.
Please advise FLA AG CHARLIE CRIST that Terri Schiavo is long overdue for an investigation. As she is held in a Hospice, she is getting no therapy and HER MUSCLES ARE STARTING TO SPASM FROM LACK OF PROPER CARE.
etc..."
I didn't see the "My Suggestions", so I used the
"Ask a question" tab.
http://myflorida.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/myflorida.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_sid=EG2qW7wh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTI3MiZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=
They say the will email a reply. We'll see.
You are so right. We need to keep the pressure up, now more than ever.
" visited www.myflorida.com and they have a section called "MY SUGGESTIONS" which will be forwarded to Fla AG Crist if they meant what they printed at myflorida.com.
Please advise FLA AG CHARLIE CRIST that Terri Schiavo is long overdue for an investigation. As she is held in a Hospice, she is getting no therapy and HER MUSCLES ARE STARTING TO SPASM FROM LACK OF PROPER CARE.
etc..."
I didn't see the "My Suggestions", so I used the
"Ask a question" tab.
http://myflorida.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/myflorida.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_sid=EG2qW7wh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTI3MiZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=
They say the will email a reply. We'll see.
You are so right. We need to keep the pressure up, now more than ever.
Looks like there is a lag tonight when you post. I made the same mistake.
Thanks. If we must flood Tallahassee with our COLLECTIVE OUTRAGE again, SO IT SHALL BE.
Biographical Information on Diane Coleman, J.D., M.B.A.
Diane Coleman obtained her law degree and a Masters in Business Administration, focused on public and not-for-profit management, from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1981. While working as an attorney for the State of California for seven years, she served on the California Attorney General's Commission on Disability and on the Board of Directors of the Westside Center for Independent Living, one of the largest nonresidential independent living centers in the country. In 1989, she relocated to Tennessee, where she worked as the Client Assistance Program Coordinator for Tennessee Protection and Advocacy, assisting people with disabilities to obtain employment-related training and services.
She then became Co-Director of the Technology Access Center, an assistive technology service center funded, in part, through the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research. For two years, she served as Policy and Funding Analyst for the Tennessee Technology Access Project, funded under the Technology Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 1988. While in Tennessee, she also served on the State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, the Advisory Committee to the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, The Statewide Independent Living Council, and on the Boards of Directors of the Tennessee Health Care Campaign and the Center for Independent Living in Nashville.
She is currently employed as the Executive Director of the Progress Center for Independent Living in Oak Park, Illinois. Since 1987, she has volunteered as both a state and national organizer of the American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, the disability rights group also known as ADAPT. She has been disabled since birth and has used a wheelchair since the age of eleven. Her writings and presentations on the topic of assisted suicide include the following:
Coleman, Euthanasia and People With Disabilities: Considerations under the Equal Protection Clause and the Americans With Disabilities Act. Presentation at Valuing Life, Valuing Autonomy: Living,, and Dying with a Disability (April 13, 1994, and ethics conference co-sponsored by the Hastings Center, University of Chicago Center for Clinical-Medical Ethics, Northwestern University Ethics and Human Values Program, Access Living of Chicago, and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL).
Participant, The Schoolhouse Summit on Disability and the "Right to Die" (Tennessee, July 17-18, 1993, sponsored by The Schoolhouse, Inc.).
Coleman, The Problem of Euthanasia: A Disability Perspective. Presentation to The Fund For Southern Communities, Atlanta, Georgia (June 19, 1993).
Coleman, Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment from People With Severe Disabilities Who Request It: Equal Protection Considerations, Issues in Law & Medicine, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Summer, 1992).
Coleman, Growing Support of the Right To Die: A Worrisome Trend, Community Voices, Nashville Banner (May 10, 1990).
FV SAYS: Diane Coleman gave a press conference at the Vigil but the local media edited her out. Bay News 9 carried her in a debate against George Felos and she held her own and as usual, he looked like a fool.
Thanks for the ping!
Will do my best, fv. Thank you!
How utterly tragic, sad and depressing. There has been a push for Euthanasia for a long, long time in this country.
Excellent article on Rehnquist and the US Supreme Court
Prayer bump for Terri and the Supreme Court
The above refers to Terri's being able to relearn eating by mouth and is EXACTLY RIGHT. It is too logical and REASONABLE for Judge Greer to implement.
GOVERNOR JEB BUSH FROM HIS E-NEWSLETTER. He wants to protect the vulnerable...
This is a common sense budget focused on Florida's priorities. Our fiscally responsible approach has generated a prosperous economic climate and given Florida the tools and strategies we need to move forward from the challenges of this year and build a better and stronger Florida.
With the Legislature's help, we can continue to improve education in Florida, help our most vulnerable and create stronger families and safer communities.
I look forward to working with the Legislature on these issues in the coming months.
IF TERRI DOES NOT FIT THE CRITERIA FOR MOST VULNERABLE, who is Governor Bush speaking of??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
http://prolifemusic.net/
The CD proceeds go to Terri's Foundation at terrisfight.org.
The Courts are the problem. WHAT HAPPENED TO CHECKS AND BALANCE IN GOVERNMENT? Thousands of emails asking for an investigation went to the US DOJ and imo were deleted. THANKS FOR NOTHING, MR. ASHCROFT.
The Courts are the problem. WHAT HAPPENED TO CHECKS AND BALANCE IN GOVERNMENT? Thousands of emails asking for an investigation went to the US DOJ and imo were deleted. THANKS FOR NOTHING, MR. ASHCROFT.
Brother Paul and Bob Schindler will be speaking at March for Life Rally.
The program begins at noon but I don't know when it ends.
http://www.c-span.org/
Monday, January 24
ANNUAL MARCH FOR LIFE RALLY
On C-SPAN3 at 12pm ET
A LOVELY FAMILY WHO NEEDS A MIRACLE IF THEY ARE DENIED JUSTICE
C-Span ping.
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