"How rediculous, now it seems we have some shady doctors in this story as well. So what doctor's think Terri needs to die HUH? Crazy people, foolish people!"
Oh yes, Dr. Cranford will say anything about anyone, but I thought he would not be so bold as to make such a bizarre statemnt on tv.
Here's a piece circulating on the internet about him:
But the star medical witness for Michael Schiavo, Dr. Ronald Cranford of the University of Minnesota, has repeatedly dismissed calls for MRI testing, and his opinion has prevailed.
Dr. Cranford was the principal medical witness brought in by Schiavo and Felos to support their position that Terri was PVS.
But before that, one needs to know a little about Cranford’s background and perspective: Dr. Ronald Cranford is one of the most outspoken advocates of the “right to die” movement and of physician-assisted suicide in the U.S. today.
In published articles, including a 1997 op-ed in the Minneapolis–St. Paul Star Tribune, he has advocated the starvation of Alzheimer’s patients.
In cases where other doctors don’t see it, Dr. Cranford seems to have a knack for finding PVS. Cranford also diagnosed Robert Wendland as PVS. He did so in spite of the fact that Wendland could pick up specifically colored pegs or blocks and hand them to a therapy assistant on request. He did so in spite of the fact that Wendland could operate and maneuver an ordinary wheelchair with his left hand and foot, and an electric wheelchair with a joystick, of the kind that many disabled persons (most famously Dr. Stephen Hawking) use. Dr. Cranford dismissed these abilities as meaningless. Fortunately for Wendland, the California supreme court was not persuaded by Cranford’s assessment.
God have mercy on our souls.
"NO one has said anything at our church about this except a few of us who huddle together at 'fellowship time' and shake our heads and wonder what we can do about it."
You ask: "What sort of church (denomination) do you attend?"
A conservative church, however, I've worked with ministers in many different churches and as hard as this is to stomach - many are afraid to speak out due to fear of losing pro-abortion members and also, fear of losing tax breaks from the government.
God bless the ministers who speak out in spite of losing members - they are unfortunately the minority in my experience.
I applaud the church minister of the church Greer once attended - for speaking out strongly. He did the right thing and reading his words brought tears to my eyes.
Let's face it: If even half the ministers in this country used their microphones every week to encourage parishioners to get out of their pews and involved - we would not have had 45 million abortions. This country could be transformed if the hearts of Christians turned in repentance towards God and stood up for what is right more often. Bottom line.
Cranford was hand selected and is part of the bigger scheme that infests medical schools, law schools, journalism schools....you get the picture. He is saying exactly what 'they' expect him to.