Posted on 07/28/2005 3:35:26 PM PDT by don-o
Edited on 07/28/2005 5:16:19 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Senator Bill Frist responded to my letter concerning Terri Schiavo.
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“Thank you for contacting me with your thoughts about Terri Schiavo. It is an honor to serve you as Majority Leader of the United States Senate, and it is a privilege to respond to your concerns.
“There is no more sacred virtue on our society than the need to preserve and protect human life. In Terri Schiavo’s unique and tragic case, her life was at stake, and her end-of-life wishes were in dispute. And medical experts were split on her medical condition.. I suggested the courts solicit additional tests an attempt to reach a medical consensus on her condition. I also recommended current and complete neurological examinations which she did not have, using the most up-to-date medical technologies.
“Congress passed a bill that allowed a federal court to take a fresh look at her case. The fact that the bill passed unanimously in the Senate and with bipartisan support in the House suggests that members of both political parties agreed that the courts should have at least considered additional medical evidence in her case. I am extremely disappointed in the federal rulings in this case, and I am deeply saddened by her death. Using the most advanced medical technology to perform an autopsy. Medical examiners have concluded Terri Schiavo suffered from irreversible brain damage at the time of her death. We must respect her memory.”
Sincerely,
William H. Frist
Majority Leader
United States Senate
Her wishes were fix it; don't kill me.
Sadly Frist has taken a position that seems to indicate that useless eaters can be done away with.
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A quick google of "Frist" then "For profit abortion" yields a bunch of hits.
I also found this on FR - Frist a Major Shareholder in Reputed For-Profit Abortion Provider
The Judge should have ORDERED all of the updated testing to be done (it had been years for Terri since any testing had been done, and ALL MOVEMENT therapy had been stopped by her husband for TEN YEARS prior to her death. He was a monster beyond measure.He did not even put her actual date of DEATH on her tombstone...using the date of her collapse as her death date, instead.
Frist, an M.D., was right to point this out, and out government was RIGHT to attempt to assure that she had received fair and just treatment. They were ignored.
But knowing our President flew up from a mini-vacation at this ranch, in an effort to sign the bill they got together, demonstrated to me, his heart, more than any other action he has taken. I love him for doing this.
Someting about walking the walk seems to be very scary for the ones with power and influence. At least here in the USA.
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Why is it important that "The most advanced medical technology" was used for her autopsy? What difference does it make that she "suffered irreversible brain damage", and then specified "at the time of her death"? How is that advanced-technology autopsy significant to respecting her memory?
Damfino.
We have a blind man here who also has diminished mental capacity. Think it would be all right to stop feeding him?
Will Frisk pass a law that all those with IQ below 70 must be slaughtered -- their brains are irreversibly damaged and they might be good for medical research or organ harvesting?
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Terri was alert and aware of her surroundings and had relationships with her family and with nurses (who were fired I might add). One of Terri's nurses pre-Hospice lives near me. She was very upset that Terri was starved to death because she knew that Terri wasn't PVS.
Frist's reply doesn't surprise me a bit. He's trying to get closer to the Bushes.
"Stay outta da bushes." JJ
An RNC phone back called me yesterday to "help" the party. I cannot print here what I told the woman but she said "I'm still a Republican." I replied, "And Terri's still dead.".
Greer was going to kill her and testing wouldn't have enabled him to carry out the first death sentence of a disabled American.
Advanced testing for Terri? DENIED. "The law of the case is that she will die." Judge Greer
DIRT ON GREER AT: http://www.judgegeorgegreer.com
The RNC doesn't care who donates to their campaigns any more. Money and power won hands down.
Prediction: BILL FRIST WILL NOT BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. He won't win his own state of Tennessee.
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