TerriPing!
Actually 2 good articles are posted here, good info, especially Melanie Phillips' view from across the pond.
These "BIOETHECISTS" that are quoted in the article and some posts are quite scary, they are opening the door for street criminals to target the elderly, infirm and Mentally challenged and have their lawyers claim innocence because the victim has no rights, as posted on number 7 by shezza:
I've heard several bioethicists proclaim recently that because her cognitive abilities are below a certain level, Terri does not qualify as a person. Much celebrated and beloved by the pro-Michael crowd Dr. Cranford has also said mentally afflicted human beings are not people and thus cannot qualify for any rights (same, he says, for anyone with Alzheimers). I fear for our nation.
"I've heard several bioethicists proclaim recently that because her cognitive abilities are below a certain level, Terri does not qualify as a person."
Sooner than later, I'll be at that stage. That scares the S**T out of me.
It looks like two thousand years of civilization never happened. I thought we were getting better, moving ahead, but the impending death of Terri, a pawn in the hands of the euthenasia lobby would seem to give the lie to our progress. I prefer to remain with the unvarnished facts gleaned from reading numerous reports on the history of this pathetic and disgusting situation. Terri's guardian was awarded a large sum of money in a malpractice suit, the sum awarded was judged to be sufficient to care for her then anticipated life expectancy of 40 years, yet when she was placed into a hospice, her life expectancy on the admission form was shown as six months. Her brain scan at the time of the award did not indicate what was later claimed, that she was in a PVS. Bone scan details availbale on the Net show that Terri suffered trauma which a professional opinion indicates were similar to injuries that might have been suffered by a victim of a vehicle accident, an accidend/incident which never took place.
There have not been any further tests, no MRI imaging of her brain, no cat-scan since her original admission to a hospital after she was found on the floor of her residence and taken to hospital, is that correct?
How could a diagnosis of PVS have been made without any tests?
The hospice is apparently in contravention of medicaid (?) rules, no documentation for her care has been submitted to that organisation for five years. Her guardian has not been required to pay for her care, the taxpayer has. The funds awarded for Terri's care have in the majority been used for legal fees...and to top it off, no new evidence has ever been presented, althought this case has been before the courts some 20 or more times, (on appeal?) no additional testimony was allowed to be given. A pile of affidavits from medical professionals and hospice personnel have been utterly ignored.
And on FR there are comments from 'the dark side' that the parents of this victim of what sounds like spousal abuse and a pawn of the Right To Kill Movement, have abused the court system and made a mockery of the court!?
Lord help us each and every one of us. Felos, Greer and the 'man' Terri married must not be allowed to get away with this. And a pox on Peter Singer, I am ashamed that he is an Australian.