Of those, a number of esteemed journalists, advocates and attorneys repeatedly called for a halt to the forced dehydration of Schiavo, based both on the grave injustice to her such an action would affect and on the shockwaves that would be felt throughout our country's communities of vulnerable persons. Since Schiavo's court-ordered death, several similar cases have come into public view -- in Florida and from beyond the state's borders. Of these cases, none have more plainly proven the points of Schiavo's supporters than that of Haleigh Poutre.
We hate to say we told you so... - Pamela F. Hennessy
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Warning: horrible graphic scenes of Auschwitz.
God bless Pamela! Reading her words is very freeing, much the same way as when I listen to Rush. Someone can actually express the way I think about these cases.
I thank God for Terri, because she gave me a wake-up call. I was snoozing before. I paid little to no attention to these issues before, and now I am very alert and aware of them. I guess you could say that I was in a persistent vegetative state or a minimally conscious state about the importance of these issues, but now I am cognizant of them.