Posted on 03/25/2005 5:01:12 PM PST by Wolfstar
Terri has the benefit of three things: a family (parents and brother) that wants to care for her, a Pope who dares to support her moral right to receive the care, and faithful Christians who support the good intentions of the Pope and Terri's family. She also has the unfortunate disagreement of her husband, his brother, and a culture of death that desire to advance the agenda of the New World Order.
There might be other cases thus similar to Terri's, however. If you know any, why don't you list their names and locations so local sympathizers can do something about it? We don't know what we are not told. Terri's in the news. She didn't get there because people are hypocrites. And if we lose the fight for Terri's life, the fight for other, similar lives will be all the more difficult.
"Why the different levels of concern ~ probably because the Schiavo case is different."
It is interesting. I see how in Baby Theresa's case, the courts emphasized the child's status as a person and in this case they emphasize Mike Schiavo's status as Terri's husband and legal guardian.
She was not ignored and it was quite controvercial in the Philadelphia area. News wasn't 24/7 and there was no internet. Granted CNN had just gone on air, but it wasn't their cup of tea.
See my post #14. You wouldn't know anything about that were it not for the publicity surrounding this case.
Hello, the difference is there is an issue in the Schiavo case whether she is in a PVS or not.
***In the case of Quinlan...Was she also taken off of all nourishment? Or just life support machines?***
Since they described her as brain dead, she must have been given nourishment. You've just pointed up the difference between Terri and Karen Ann Quinlan which the writer ignored.
The New Jersey Supreme Court granted Joseph Quinlan the right to remove her respirator and her feeding tube. However, he chose to remove only the respirator.
In the case of Quinlan...Was she also taken off of all nourishment? Or just life support machines?
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Just her respirator, never her feeding tube.
Oh, man!!!...youASSh*le!
Maybe you weren't around, but the Karen Ann Quinlan case was as big as any "baby-down-the-well" story at the time. There was huge "passion" over her case. The question is absurd.
But it does bring into question why the executive and legislative branches of both the state and federal governments chose to intervene in this case vs. all the others. Nor does it explain why so many people what both the President and the Governor of Florida to exceed their authority in this one case. What happened to equal protection under the law?
A talk show host/attorney has a lot of law on Terri's case- he is a screamer, but I liked a few of the shows I listened to. I don't know if I will ever get around to reading all of the case information- too much, but here it is:
Radio talk show host
http://www.kfiam640.com/hosts/handel.html
Links re the subject
PDF***
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/schiavo/1203galrpt.pdf
http://news.corporate.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/schiavo/#docs
A) We don't know her condition or chances for improvement. She's been denied basic diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.
B) We don't know her wishes.
There's a great deal more, but these are the basic answers I have to your question.
This is a very unusual case, not that similar at all to the ones in the article.
Of the estimated 30,000 to 35,000 CURRENT cases comparable to Schiavo's in the U.S., many may have similar family disputes and lack of clarity about the patient's wishes.
This is NOT about Schiavo. She's just a handy excuse.
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Yeah, you've got Handel's handle: he's a screamer.
I admit, I sometimes listen to him. :)
For 10 years. The basic facts are summarized above.
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