Posted on 01/31/2005 9:14:49 PM PST by TAdams8591
*Michael, HAVE A HEART !!!!!For Valentines Day give Terri back to her MOM & DAD, The Schindlers!!!!!!!!*
The Terri Schindler Schiavo Daily Threads are created month to month as we watch local and national news regarding Terri and her family.
Since Terri's supporters are in every time zone, you may see something FIRST. Please share news with us that you don't see here already. Now, why would you want to do that? Terri's Daily Thread for September/October of 2004 was viewed over 15,000 times. Terri's November Daily Thread was viewed over 6,000 times. December's thread is over 3,000 views. January 2005 Daily Thread was a RECORD HIGH!!!!!!! 15, 103 VIEWS!!!!!!
More and more good folks are finding out about Terri and that judicial tyranny would take her life, but for lots and lots of prayer and non-stop lobbying of relatives, friends, clergy, our leaders, the media, a passerby, a cashier - ANYONE who you feel comfortable chatting with.
Folks always want to know how can this be in America or on earth for that matter? Unfortunately, this is really happening to an innocent woman who just celebrated her 41st birthday. She's not the only one but she's the one with devoted parents and siblings who knows what's in Terri's heart. Terri has a strong will to live. That's apparent. It's been 14 years.
Besides, feeding tubes have been around practically since the Civil War. They are not high tech devices. Terri is "not hooked up to machines". Her feeding tube is the diameter of a piece of spaghetti.
Talkin' about Terri is the best way to lobby for her. It is a salespitch to save her life and subsequently, many lives. If you've never sold anything in your life, START NOW. START WITH TERRI.
See Terri's flash movies if you need more information. You can see for yourself that's she's interactive and follows the doctor's instructions.
Visit: http://www.terrisfight.org
NOTE: Terri's December Dailies are noted as a source above. There are lots of important links at the very top of that thread. If you missed Terri's Celebration of Life, you can click on it from there.
AGAIN WE HAVE A NEW RECORD: 15,103 views on the tote board for the Terri Schindler Schiavo January Daily Thread!
The most significant event in Terri's case in January, was the Supreme's Courts refusal to hear Governor Jeb Bush's appeal, after the Florida State Legislature struck down Terri's Law. This once again places Terri's life in extreme jeopardy, though there are other issues regarding her case before the court.
Has anyone in the family thought about filing a discrimination case with the ADA. I have lost track of some of the story. The case has to be filed by someone with Standing. I wish I could figure out a way that I had "standing". I would do it.
Whether that gives one enough "standing" probably depends on the court and the judge.
Oh, yea, GHWB's Americans with Disabilities Act is as toothless as FL's "Terri's Law" was.
THIS SHOULD BE THE MOTHER OF ALL FREEPS.
Look at Post #1181 for numbers of the Florida House to call!!!
"RUSH LIMBAUGH WRITES: STOP JUDICIAL TYRANNY
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42844"
I've heard about this book and plan on getting it.
I've never heard Rush mention Terri's case. I can't think of a better case than Terri's, where an innocent life is about to be taken by a judge's order.
PINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW, Everyone can FAX and PHONE EVEN AFTER HOURS!!!!! If you reach them by phone, you can even leave a message.
I phoned Governor Bush today. I asked the person answering the phone if he knew what the Governor's response to the latest developments in the Schiavo case would be (after thanking the Governor for what he has already attempted to do). The person who answered put me briefly on hold and then came back on the line to say that the governor was looking at options and deciding how to repond before he makes a statement. Thus, it appears as though the Governor plans on addressing this issue, shortly.
I asked the person I spoke to to please pass along a message. I reminded the Governor like he and myself, Terri is a Catholic and Euthansia is against our faith and would he please take this into consideration while he is deciding a course of action in this matter.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO CALL AND FAX and remember the call you make may be the one that saves Terri's life!!!
Bump.
For Immediate Release February 14, 2005
Contact: Stephen Drake, Diane Coleman: (708)209-1500
How much more evidence do we need?
Disability Activists Call for Moratorium on Starvation and Dehydration
Disability activists have called for a nationwide moratorium on the dehydration and starvation of people alleged to be in “persistent vegetative state.” This would apply to individuals who do not have an advance directive or durable power of attorney.
The call for a moratorium is a reaction to the newly-published report indicating high levels of brain activity in people thought to be in “minimally conscious state (MCS).” The study, published in the February issue of Neurology, discovered evidence that these individuals may hear and understand much of what is going on around them, but are unable to respond.
The study drew a distinction between MCS and Persistent Vegetative State (PVS), but the distinction is not a reliable one. In a New York Times article, Dr. Joseph Fins mentioned research indicating a 30% misdiagnosis rate of PVS, indicating that nearly a third of persons diagnosed in PVS are actually in “minimally conscious state.”
Fins is chief of the medical ethics division of New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center.
With the exception of oblique references to Terri Schiavo, current coverage of the study and its implications dance around the most important issues regarding this study. Namely, thousands of people around this country with labels of both MCS and PVS are being starved and dehydrated, often without an advance directive indicating their wishes, or a durable power of attorney appointing a substitute decision-maker they chose for themselves.
“Given the current research regarding brain activity and misdiagnosis, it’s a virtual certainty that countless people have been helpless to prevent their own deaths through starvation and dehydration,” says Stephen Drake, research analyst for Not Dead Yet, a national disability rights group opposed to legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia. “There’s an analogy to DNA evidence and the death penalty. Here in Illinois, the staggering numbers of innocent and wrongly convicted people on Death Row resulted in a moratorium on the death penalty. Whether you agreed with the death penalty or not, everyone was forced to find ways to make sure no innocent person ended up on Death Row again. The same amount of concern should apply to medically induced deaths, in which the numbers far exceed the number of convicted people executed each year.”
Not Dead Yet is calling for a moratorium on the withholding of feeding tubes from people in PVS and MCS until they can be tested under the same protocol used on individuals in the Neurology study.
State-of-the-art testing for cognitive activity should be a minimum standard to be applied when someone’s death is proposed. Just as the availability of DNA testing and competent counsel are accepted as essential to people being tried in capital cases, the new technical tools to evaluate cognitive activity and potential should be applied to individuals before feeding tubes are withdrawn. Even with this technology, there will probably still be mistakes.
But at least it will be the first step in reducing the number of conscious people dying from hunger and thirst in hospitals and nursing homes, aware of every minute and unable to cry out that they are awake.
Not Dead Yet
7521 Madison St.
Forest Park, IL 60130
708-209-1500
http://www.notdeadyet.org
The ones who couldn't work were executed immediately upon their arrival by cattle car.
GOVERNOR BUSH PLEASE SAVE THE STATE BEFORE YOU LEAVE OFFICE. Save the State from the death lobby, save Terri and future Terris. What has Jeb got to lose? I say he's got nothing to lose but everything to gain. He returns to South Florida with honor, not with guilt and shame.
NOT DEAD YET calls FOR a MORATORIUM on all DEHYDRATION and STARVINGS, because of the newly released information about people in comas (they are far more aware than many people thought)!!!!!
GOVERNOR BUSH PLEASE SAVE THE STATE BEFORE YOU LEAVE OFFICE. Save the State from the death lobby, save Terri and future Terris. What has Jeb got to lose?
I say he's got nothing to lose but everything to gain. He returns to South Florida with honor, not with guilt and shame. Taking someone's life is irreversible as Jeb's attorney Ken Connor puts it.
Courts almost never grant 'general standing'. On the other hand, it would seem like it should be possible for parents to file for an injunction against killing Terri pending guardianship, on the same basis that people can file injunctions to prevent the destruction of documents, animals, or artifacts until all matters related to their disposition are settled.
My personal suspicion is that somebody associated with Michael tried to inject Terri with something but was unsuccessful. Why would Michael assume vague scratches were needle marks unless he had some reason to suspect needle marks?
Thank God!!!!!!!!!!
NOT DEAD YET - my hat's off to you. Keep up the good work.
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