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Why the pro-life lobby lost a do-or-die battle
The Age (Australia) ^ | 3/31/05 | Michael Cook

Posted on 03/30/2005 10:15:58 PM PST by freespirited

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To: windchime

Copied & saved- I greatly appreciate that info.


61 posted on 03/31/2005 5:49:08 AM PST by backhoe (-30-)
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To: backhoe

You're welcome! And I greatly appreciate your files!!


62 posted on 03/31/2005 5:54:40 AM PST by windchime (Hillary: "I've always been a preying person")
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To: Calpernia; Fedora

Ping. Please note the PDIA with today's date in red.


63 posted on 03/31/2005 5:56:40 AM PST by windchime (Hillary: "I've always been a preying person")
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To: Coleus; nw_arizona_granny; Cindy; Velveeta; cpforlife.org

Well! Will you look at that!

New at Project on Death In America - Current as of March 31, 2005

See Windchimes link!


64 posted on 03/31/2005 6:04:41 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: All
Was it wrong for Robert Schiavo to unplug his own mother and so cause her death? What did she do to deserve that?

Was it wrong for Tom Delay to unplug his Dad, also causing his death? What did he do to deserve that?

Maybe it would be better to let families decide these matters than to drag in the Federal government and call for armed uprisings every time a person nears the end of his or hers life?

65 posted on 03/31/2005 6:05:40 AM PST by Walkin Man
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To: windchime

And bumping you, windchime.


66 posted on 03/31/2005 6:10:14 AM PST by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
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To: windchime

After leaving that PDIA site stagnet for years, why is he updating it now?


67 posted on 03/31/2005 6:13:27 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: PJBlogger
They should have retained a top flight Constitutional lawyer like Alan Dershowitz or Davis Boise who have expressed great sympathy and understanding of Terri's plight, instead of a using emotional, inexperienced, political idealogues

My guess is that they just did not have the money for a high profile lawyer.

68 posted on 03/31/2005 6:20:07 AM PST by Abby4116
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To: EternalVigilance

I thought the laws in this country were made to damn the guilty, not the innocent. Guess I was mistaken!


69 posted on 03/31/2005 6:20:12 AM PST by mr_hammer
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To: Calpernia

Maybe he had to pull an Osama with it until the heat was off.


70 posted on 03/31/2005 6:21:48 AM PST by windchime (Hillary: "I've always been a preying person")
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To: freespirited

The Schindlers made the same mistakes as your average Conservatives always do. They did not realize they were up against far more than they knew. The Doctors, Hospitals, Insurance Companies, Social Security all have an interest in seeing Mrs. Schiavo die, not to mention a the inconvenience to her husband.

Not once can I recall a party directly related to the Schindler do any PR about the far broader issues of how this can effect everyone else. Not once. It was all centered on only Mrs. Schiavo herself. What was needed instead here was a PR campaign to be run concurrently with the case(I remember a small hysteria about euthanasia when I was a kid in Catholic school and being told it was sinful), spelling out the details of what kind of precedent this sets, how it will effect people of all stripes, how Mrs. Schiavo was neglected by her husband and not allowed every chance of recovery etc.

As a result of this case I am now for changing the filibuster rule, and whatever else it takes to reign in these Courts/Secularists. We are in trouble in this country, and I don't think we are going to get out of it peacefully.


71 posted on 03/31/2005 6:27:32 AM PST by dg62
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To: windchime

Well, guess what? I just set the temperature for Broil.


72 posted on 03/31/2005 6:27:54 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Walkin Man

Maybe if Michael Schiavo had been reasonable, it would not have come to this. It always starts with some hardline uncompromising party like that to drag it into the public sphere. And I think it may be good this time because this case is loaded with issues far beyond Mrs. Schiavo.


73 posted on 03/31/2005 6:33:17 AM PST by dg62
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To: Washington_minuteman

Given the 3000 abortions America has a day -- protected by the courts -- I was actually surprised to see how hard Congress and many Americans have fought for Terri. The disrespect for the sanctity of life in our country - and the blind eye to what impact it has in terms of the deliberate deaths of innocent people - is staggering.

The aftermath of Terri's fight will go on for a long time. Hard to tell now if it will be for the general good or bad, at least in my lifetime.

Have to trust the Lord, even when things are bleak.

-- Joe


74 posted on 03/31/2005 6:34:57 AM PST by Joe Republc
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To: FR_addict

his comment is # 2


75 posted on 03/31/2005 6:35:04 AM PST by pickyourpoison (" Laus Deo ")
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To: Walkin Man
Was it wrong for Tom Delay to unplug his Dad, also causing his death? What did he do to deserve that?

No, it was not wrong for Delay to take his dad off the feeding tube since his dad was aged and in the process of dying already. There is a tremendous difference between prolonging death(Delay example) and prolonging life (Schindler case). Plus, in the Delay case, there were apparently no doubts at all concerning the father's wishes.

Families do decide these matters all the time without Federal intervention. Please remember who was the first to drag the government into the matter:Michael Schiavo as he sought the court's aid in killing his wife---to get around the laws that we have against murder.

As to armed uprisings every time a person nears the end of his or hers life: you overstate your case and distort the facts. Conservatives are not calling for armed uprisings. However, we see a danger of that in the future unless these tyrant judges are brought under control. If tyranny goes unchecked and the government, rather than stopping it, actually becomes a party to it, what is left for the people to do? It was this kind of situation that sparked the events of 1776.

76 posted on 03/31/2005 6:37:21 AM PST by Orca
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To: Joe Republc

"The aftermath of Terri's fight will go on for a long time"

Makes me wonder why Mr. Schiavo and company are being so adamant in view of so many reasonable compromises available. They have been and will continue to be tied up in this for years. There are some major things going on in the background here that have not been revealed.


77 posted on 03/31/2005 6:38:12 AM PST by dg62
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To: freespirited
Goes to show you that the pro-euthanasia folks have been planning this a long time and had all their duckies in a row. They came down on the Schindlers like a ton of bricks and the poor family didn't know what hit them. They only wanted their daughter and sister with them, and weren't prepared for the manipulation of Felos.

They were out-lawyered from the start, and the judicial decisions based on that were what was upheld from then on.

78 posted on 03/31/2005 6:40:27 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: Calpernia

soros.

says it all.


79 posted on 03/31/2005 6:47:26 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny (The enemy within, will be found in the "Communist Manifesto 1963", you are living it today.)
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To: SuziQ

You might find this post interesting too: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1371538/posts?page=205#205


80 posted on 03/31/2005 6:59:23 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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