Haleigh Poutre Almost Victim of Euthanasia, Now Making Good Progress

Life News ^ | September 4, 2006 | Steven Ertelt

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Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- Haleigh Poutre was the victim of child abuse and was nearly killed via euthanasia when Massachusetts officials gave up on her after she entered a coma. Now Poutre, once termed "brain dead" by doctors, continues to improve and is speaking a few words, her grandmother says.

Sandra Sudyka, the girl's biological grandmother, is no longer allowed to visit her granddaughter and now says she is ready to speak to the media about Poutre's condition.

She told The Republican newspaper that she last saw Poutre on July 18 but indicated she was "doing well."

"She was bright-eyed and smiling. She is always responsive to us," Sudyka explained.

Department of Social Services had asked Sudyka not to talk with reporters about Haleigh, but since they will no longer allow her and Haleigh's biological mother, Allison Avrett, to visit the 12 year-old, she said she's going to talk to the media.

"I decided since they broke the deal, I am going to talk. People should know how well she is doing," Sudyka told the newspaper.

"They don't want people to know how she is doing after they wanted to pull the plug," Sudyka said.

DSS spokeswoman Denise Monteiro declined an interview with The Republican but said that the visiting privileges have been suspended, not terminated.

Haleigh first began speaking in June, her grandmother told the newspaper.

"I was saying to her 'I love you,' and she was trying to say 'love' and it came out as a vibration...'ove,'" Sudyka said.

Sudyka, who is working with an attorney to adopt the girl, said she has said hello, responds to comments and questions, speaks nonverbally and is able to write her name. Haleigh can't walk and is confined to a wheelchair.

Avrett, Poutre's biological mother, lost custody of her daughter after physically abusing her. Poutre was put into a foster home where her adoptive parents also abused her. Her adopted mother committed suicide after abusing Poutre so much she had to be hospitalized.

DSS took Poutre into custody and when she appeared to slip into a coma, the agency asked the state Supreme Court for permission to take her life. That's when Poutre began responding.

Poutre has been receiving physical, speech and occupational therapy since January 26 at Franciscan Hospital for Children in Brighton.

Gov. Mitt Romney appointed a commission to look into how the state failed to properly handle the girl's case.

[floriduh voter]

A 527 is being formed by a group of gay Dem male right now in Key West..They intend to fund ads showing a long long affiliation between Charles Crist and Marky Foley..They were roomies for four years ,Crist accepted Campaign Donations this is call Soft Boats Against Crist..its coming

[floriduh voter]

http://www.politicalgateway.com/main/columns/read.html?col=667

[Dante3]

Very interesting.

[floriduh voter]

Isn't it though? The crist-bots are as blind as Judge Greer. The next four years are gonna be bad no matter who the governor is. I look forward to four years from now when someone else will run.

[floriduh voter]

http://austin.indymedia.org/newswire/display/34671/index.php

[Dante3]

No wonder he is for illegal aliens.

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In California...

Although I post only an excerpt here, the story is short and pithy.

Some Americans are killing other Americans for amusement, revenge or unfathomable reasons. Young girls in Pennsylvania are the latest. We are all suitably aghast.

Should we be? After all, we accept the slaughter of nearly a million unborn babies every year with - other than pro-life activists - no response.

The majority meekly accepts Roe v. Wade, even though it tells pollsters that abortion is wrong. Few objected to starving Terry Schiavo last year, even though most knew it was murder.

Respect human life, vote for Prop. 85

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What on earth are we doing to ourselves? (Hint: Look at the source, Marxist Thought Online).

"Today, the standard-bearer of “conservatism” in the United States is George W. Bush, a man who has taken the positions of an unshakable ideologue: on supply-side economics, on privatization, on Social Security, on the Terri Schiavo case, and, most disastrously, on Iraq. Never before has a United States president consistently adhered to beliefs so disconnected from actuality," writes Jeffrey Hart in his article. In contrast to the anti-ideology of traditional conservatives like Edmund Burke (Hart quotes William F. Buckley, Jr. as stating that conservative politics represents the "politics of reality"), Hart contends that ideology has taken over in the White House.

Richard A. Viguerie, who has never been described providing a voice for moderation, argues the case for the GOP loss based on President Bush's alienation of conservatives by plunging the budget into a mushrooming deficit, getting the US into a quagmire in Iraq and "ignoring" threats caused by the People's Republic of China and Hugo Chavez in Venezuela!

Prominent Republicans Want the GOP to Lose?: An issue to ponder

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What on earth are we doing to ourselves? (bis)

I referred earlier to the RINOplasty of Florida political landscape earlier and the deFOLEYation procedure. Now, having chosen Crist as RINO candidate, the GOP is facing a new vulnerability to the dems. Recall, Crist was no mere Pontius Pilate over Terri, but was more, a person who took sides with those who would murder her. But that was not enough for RINO favoring conservatives and now we face another spectre. I repeat extracts from the link provided by FV above. Are we handing defeat over to the dems on a silver platter? Below is what already leaked out with impeccable timing for the impending election:

I do use the term 'cover up' with reason.Both Arkansas gubernatorial candidates either know Republicans and Republican connected business fronts,mainly penny stock scams are both defrauding investors as well running drugs.The Republican 'company', Skyway Communications of Lakeland, Florida demonstrates this all too well.I wonder why Asa or Crist never managed to bust no big time Republican drug traffickers ? They may turn out to be the biggest whether in Mena Arkansas of Iran Contra days....or Afghanistan opium or the Republican 'company' Skyway Communications busted in Mexico in April with over 5.5 tons of cocaine on board for example....... Florida,Charlie Crist ,Republican Skyway Communications stock fraud,drug trafficking op

A new book claiming that Florida Republican Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist covered up a major fraud to bilk individuals dreaming of a life in modeling,may not go far enough in my opinion.While a search 'charlie crist penny stock' can find an occasional example of the Florida Attorney General slapping the hand of a penny stock scamster,the real story is in WHO CRIST DOES NOT INVESTIGATE !

Asa Hutchinson,Charlie Crist:Two Republicans covering up far right drug trafficking ?

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I am reluctant to link to all of the continued high number of stories keyed to Terri and her legacy, simply because most from the left are simply futile rehashes of worn out mantras, designed to beat down the Legacy that Terri established. Even in days of light posting, the articles referring to Terri proliferate, but we have heard them all before, nothing new from the left. We just know Terri's Legacy bothers the left greatly. Here is an example:

It's very odd being an American abroad these days. Moving from South Florida to Central England has opened my eyes, though, not to the fact that Americans are hated abroad, -- here in Nottingham, at least, they're not (London is a different story) -- but that much of the world does not know of the sea change that has taken place since the early months of 2005, when President Bush was decapitated by the Terri Schiavo case and his endless amount of argument fully-transparent nonsense regarding Social Security privatization.

From the Outside, Looking...

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Praising with faint damns, from (Not) beloved AARP no less!

State Sen. Ken Pruitt, R-Port St. Lucie, has clawed his way to the top of the Republican Party hierarchy in the Florida Senate. If reelected Nov. 7, he stands to be the first Senate president from Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast since Harry Johnston in 1986. His opponent, retired airline pilot Stan Smilan, is running to raise awareness about nuclear plant safety and little else. Without a credible opponent, Sen. Pruitt deserves to be reelected in Senate District 28.

No one gets to be Senate president without cutting some deals, but Sen. Pruitt's rise to power has been marked by questionable ethical and financial dealings. Still unanswered are questions about his involvement in uncapped campaign committees that raised millions from special interests. He also accepted ill-defined real-estate consulting jobs from cronies who benefit from his actions.

Sen. Pruitt's efforts to advance Sen. Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, as his successor as Senate president, while a potential boon for Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, have splintered the Republican Party. His ability to negotiate peace with Sen. Alex Villalobos, R-Miami, who won a bruising primary battle despite top party support for his opponent, will be crucial to his presidency.

Not surprisingly, Sen. Pruitt often takes socially conservative positions - he voted to keep Terri Schiavo alive despite court orders to remove the comatose woman's feeding tube. But he also pledges support for stem-cell research.

Reelect, but watch, Pruitt

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From Joplin, MO...

Based on lies, the atheistic liberals and Democrats want to desensitize Americans and in particular the citizens of Missouri to accept the wild idea that the sinful harvesting of human embryonic stem cells will bring about imaginary cures.

In other words, conceiving children for spare parts. As Dostoevsky pointed out, “When you start killing, you always end by lying.”

As you noticed, I mentioned Democrats. Just remember abortion, the murdering of innocent babies in the mothers’ wombs, is the very essence of the Democratic Party’s platform. Abortion is their money cow. Now, the atheistic liberals and Democrats want to open the flood gates of abortion to include the human embryos (the tiniest of humans).

Needless to say, there are RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) and CINOs (Christians In Name Only). Abortion is not on the Republican or Christian platform.

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We voters may be next. Consider the progress of euthanasia (Terry Schiavo). Perhaps our lives will become dispensable, i.e. worthless, in the eyes of the atheistic liberals and Democrats.

Voices: Sinful plan

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Ping again to the wagglebee thread on the Oregon boy awakening from "PVS". T'wit adds pertinent analysis on posts especially including #250-254.

Reminder of thread:

GRESHAM, Oregon October 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A young boy, who had previously been diagnosed as being in a “permanent vegetative state,” has awakened from a 22 month-long coma and is breathing on his own.

Devon Rivers collapsed in a seizure during a phys-ed class in 2004 and his condition was never explained, though some doctors suggested it was caused by an unknown viral infection. Doctors agreed, however, that he had little hope of recovery.

His mother, Carla Rivers, visited him regularly and, in addition to physical therapy by his paediatric nursing home to keep his limbs supple, she talked to him in the belief that coma patients can retain their hearing and some understanding.

Boy in "Hopeless" Vegetative State Awakens and Steadily Improves

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[T'wit]

Plus one more comment just now :-), to address a certain uninformed point of view (and to be sure of our own scientific ground).

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>> News from Pornellas:

:-) :-)

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>> Charlie Justice (D) mentions TERRI SCHIAVO in his latest campaign ad. Apparently, this democrat is bragging that he voted to kill her.

Tomorrow he will be bragging about his compassion for Americans with disabilities.

We need an appropriate slogan. How's this?

"ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF MEDICAL ADVANCES AND LONGER LIFE? VOTE REPUBLICAN.

...OR ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF KILLING OFF SENIOR CITIZENS AND THE DISABLED BECAUSE THEY ARE USELESS? VOTE DEMOCRAT."

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Colorado Right to Life's newest board member speaks:

Brian Rohrbough on CBS News with Katie Couric - Free Speech segment. May this humble truth rock our nation to repentance!

I'm saddened and shaken by the shooting at an Amish school today, and last week’s school murders. 

When my son Dan was murdered on the sidewalk at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, I hoped that would be the last school shooting. Since that day, I’ve tried to answer the question, "Why did this happen?" 

This country is in a moral free-fall. For over two generations, the public school system has taught in a moral vacuum, expelling God from the school and from the government, replacing him with evolution, where the strong kill the weak, without moral consequences and life has no inherent value. 

We teach there are no absolutes, no right or wrong. And I assure you the murder of innocent children is always wrong, including by abortion. Abortion has diminished the value of children. 

Suicide has become an acceptable action and has further emboldened these criminals. And we are seeing an epidemic increase in murder-suicide attacks on our children. 

Sadly, our schools are not safe. In fact, we now witness that within our schools. Our children have become a target of terrorists from within the United States. 

[floriduh voter]

There was just a porn film festival in Pornellas County. When Judge Greer was zoning commissioner, he blessed us with numerous x-rated clubs. I think he's a closet perv and we already knew he's a twisted, sick individual.

Meanwhile democrat Stubbs died this week. Ya think it was Arkancide? He collapsed while he was walking his dog. That sounds very bubba to me. Bubba's thugs used to go after people's pets. What did Stubbs know and when did he know it? He was 67.

[floriduh voter]

Stubbs is dead. It seems like an Arkancide type hit to me. Maybe he knew something that would damage candidates who Stubbs knew about.

[floriduh voter]

Crist wants felons to have the right to vote too. That means illegal aliens will end up with voting rights as well. The problem with felons voting is that if they are repeat offenders, there will be times when they are out on bail or on probation and they'll get to vote. Crist wants everyone to vote if they'll vote for him. He such a RADICAL. He's spewing really stupid statements now because he's emboldened.

Davis could still beat Crist because Crist is off the script now and anti-Jeb and anti-business. The dumbheads who said I was wrong after I did hours and hours of research will have to live with their dumb mistake voting for cc, the radical extremist fraud.

Hopefully, there's no tie between Crist and Stubbs. But, there probably is through Foley. Isn't it ODD that Stubbs collapses the very week or the day that Kirk Fordham meets in D.C. with investigators? I'm sorry but I think Stubbs had to go because he knew too much.