Why Schiavo case worries the disabled

Toronto Star ^ | Mar. 25, 2005 | WILLIAM G. STOTHERS

[FairOpinion]

First they came for the brain damaged...

[Dick Vomer]

http://www.regent.edu/admin/ctl/uselesseaters/

[FairOpinion]

"It's one thing to refuse a feeding tube for ourselves, but it's quite another when someone else makes that decision," says Diane Coleman, head of Not Dead Yet, a U.S. disability-rights group"

And this is the crux of the matter. There is very flimsy hearsay evidence that Terri "wouldn't want to live like that" and it's her husband's wish, not Terri's, that she be put to death by starvation, reaffirmed by a judge.

[cripplecreek]

It's got me a little concerned. I'm taking up valuable financial resources that could have otherwise be taken out of my wife's paycheck in the form of taxes.

[longtermmemmory]

It has already started. The Feds are investigating a Miami Group Home which had disabled people die as a result of ecconomic considerations.

I posted the thread yesterday.

[FairOpinion]

Would you please post that link here too, I didn't see your thread.

[goldstategop]

They'll come for any one who doesn't look like they stepped out of the pages of Cosmo and GHQ. The new enemy is Lookism.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Diogenesis]

"The Feds are investigating a Miami Group Home which had disabled people die as a result of ecconomic considerations. "

Is that the task force run by Sandy Berger or Whitey Bulger?

[eleni121]

Great link. Thanks. Will use.

[longtermmemmory]

(s)the government has a interest in protecting the "right to compassion" for fetuses to ensure they are born with no genetic defects. A law should be passed mandating gene tests and if defective mandatory abortion. Of course the women will recieve a tax credit. It is for the children. Society has a collective right to ensure unneeded costs of defective genes is not continued. Of course the program is optional for religious objections but those who object are ineligive to any public benefits, student loans, or any federal or state monies.(/s)

[FairOpinion]

Disability group urges against euthanasia (Australia)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1332213.htm

ACT disability support groups have called on Australian governments to resist pressure to legalise euthanasia.

Craig Wallace, from the People with Disabilities, says the case of Terry Schiavo in the United States should serves as a warning.

Mr Wallace says even the most severely disabled have a right to life.

"Whatever you might think of the particular right-to-life case, what's happening to Terry is very cruel and unusual," he said.

"We think there is room for clarity in the Australian context and I would certainly call on the ACT Government to bring in laws to ensure something like this can never happen in the ACT."

[longtermmemmory]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1371531/posts

death by inconvenience

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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Judge given campaign contributions by the Husband.

Judge connected to Hospice

Husband's lawyer connected to Hospice.

CLINTON-Appointed Federal Judge refused to follow new Federal Law from Congress instructing him to review all new evidence in TERRI's Case and rules on the samo-samo evidence instead while she starves to death.

TERRI didn't have a chance.

And now the rest of US don't either.

NUTS

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[Aussie Dasher]

Using "precedence", every lawmaker (ie. judge) in the US now has an opening to rid America of those with disabilities.

If Terri dies, open slather is an option.

Greer might not have been wearing an SS uniform, but his actions would greatly please the Third Reich.

[FairOpinion]

Unfortunately that's what it's going to come down to:

First the brain-damaged, diagnosed with PVS, never mind that half the time it's misdiagnosed.

Then those with any "mental problems" and considering that Dean called the Republicans brain dead, we will all qualify soon.

And of course nobody who is disabled in any way, physically or mentally should really "want to live like that", so they are doing them all a great big favor, by putting everyone out of their misery by forcing them to die a "natural death", by making them die of thirst and food.

Then people who smoke or are overweight, shouldn't want to live like that either... great candidates for "help".

Then will have nothing but perfect human specimens.

Wait, isn't this what Hitler was after? I guess he was just a little ahead of his time.

[GVnana]

My mother was all over this with the family today, saying she needs to change her living will. It has instructions for "no artificial life support". She said, "That doesn't mean I want to be starved to death."

She's got it right.

[FairOpinion]

Thanks. Here is another one -- most of it we don't even find out about.

Elder abuse spreading as population ages in California

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1371623/posts

"Elder abuse is often treated the way child abuse and domestic violence were handled until relatively recently, Wong said.

"Far too often it's been considered a family matter and not a crime," Osborn said. "

[marty60]

The insurance companies will start demanding DNA testing to look for genetic disease indicators. Then they will run the probablility tables. If alcoholism is found, then you will be denied insurance if you have a drink. etc etc etc. This is just the beginning.

[null and void]

The 'disabled', the only minority any of us can join at any time...