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.

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>> the RNC chose the Twin Cities for the 2008 convention instead of Tampa. There goes our huge Terri Legacy March for Justice.

Dr. Ronald "Humane Death" Cranford was from Minnesota. Perhaps a small delegation could be rallied to go water his grave.

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Preferably with used water.

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:-) :-)

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How about watering in his general direction?

[BykrBayb]

Okay. I aim to please.

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Already did.

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Phil Dragoo has prepared for us a logo for the Terri List. This is a temporary view, a preview. I will start applying it soon as I can get it set up in the next couple of days.

Haleigh Poutre Update...

This is a rehash, but from Tampa/St.Petersburg, heart of the death culture.

BOSTON (AP) — The biological mother of a 12-year-old girl who allegedly was beaten into a coma by her adoptive mother and stepfather is seeking to resume hospital visits to the girl.

The Massachusetts Department of Social Services barred Allison Avrett from seeing the girl in July. Avrett's attorneys say the only reason given was “for the needs of the child.”

The girl, Haleigh Poutre, was at the center of a right-to-die case before she began to show improvement.

Mother of brain-injured girl seeks visits

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From Pittsburgh Tribune Review...

Christopher Buckley states that the controversy surrounding the court-ordered execution of Terri Schiavo was a "private matter" ("Buckley says it's hard to keep satire ahead of reality," Living, Sept. 23 and PghTrib.com). He asserts that members of Congress, Republicans in particular, had no right to intervene on Terri's behalf.

He has obviously not read "A Life that Matters," which was written by Schiavo's family. Her family was grateful that members of Congress from both parties stood up for Terri in the face of her death sentence. As a disabled person, Terri's fight for life was one that touched the hearts of all people with disabilities and their families.

Anyone who is interested in knowing the truth about Terri's supposed "private family matter" can read the book that her family wrote about it and get the correct information directly from them. You don't have to take the word of Buckley, who is evidently unfamiliar with the facts of the matter and who wasn't involved in any way whatsoever.

Buckley's wrong on Schiavo

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Here is another mangled Beatitude. I actually heard Clinton mangle one while we were in France in the '90's, during the Bosnia actions. Recalling the troops there, called Peacekeepers, Clinton actually addressed his audience (in Ireland as I recall...) with solemn and pious voice, "Blessed are the peacekeepers for they shall inherit the earth." The audience listened in rapt awe. I know of nobody complaining about this.

Pilgrim United Church of Christ has served the North County area for almost 50 years, yet it was just a week ago Saturday that we experienced an unprecedented assault on our sanctuary. Red liquid, meant to symbolize blood, was strewn across the white front doors of our church. On that same day we were scheduled to show the anti-war film "The Ground Truth." We can only speculate, but it would seem that the announced showing of the film provoked this angry and vicious reaction. Oh yes, the show did go on. We are not that easily intimidated.

We are a church with a progressive theology and a commitment to social justice. For most of our history we have been a liberal light and a progressive star for controversial issues. We have been in the forefront of the struggle for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights to be full members of our church's denomination and to enjoy equal marriage rights in society. We have stood for workers' rights and a living wage. We have fed migrant workers and defended the rights of undocumented persons to seek day labor. We are members of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. We have hosted sessions of the "Jesus Seminar," which is reexamining what the historical Jesus really said and really did. And we are a member of The Center for Progressive Christianity. In other words, while we speculate that we were vandalized for our anti-war stance, it truly could have been for any number of positions we take on a variety of issues.

Blessed are the peacemakers

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Spelling of the Terri logo to be corrected.

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Lucky Orlando...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida plans to open an office in Orlando next month as part of its statewide expansion.

The ACLU has, for years, maintained its Florida headquarters in Miami and a legislative office in Tallahassee. In the late 1990s the organization had seven employees between the two offices.

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Among those issues, Simon ticked off voting problems, restrictions on access to abortion, end-of-life care concerns exhibited in the Terri Schiavo case, library book censorship, public policies motivated by hostility to gays and lesbians, plans to fund church-run schools with taxpayer money and efforts to enlist government endorsement for one religious point of view.

Orlando expansion part of ACLU of Florida's plans

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An observation from FMNN...

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When liberals fought tooth and nail to dehydrate and starve Terry Schiavo for her imperfections, I wrote that “What distinguishes civilized beings from animals, primitive societies, and liberals is that they don’t see nature as an exemplar of all that is fine and good.”

ON MEN, MONKEYS, AND MALIBU MEL

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Ping to a thread by kevin_in_so_cal on Organ sales in China. Thanks, BykrBayb. It differs from what they are trying to do here, sort of.

One hospital said it could provide a liver at a cost of £50,000 ($94,400), with the chief surgeon confirming an executed prisoner could be the donor.

Organ sales 'thriving' in China

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>> The girl, Haleigh Poutre, was at the center of a right-to-die case before she began to show improvement.

Think about this sentence. The writer revealed more than he intended. When the patient started to recover, it stopped being a "right-to-die" case. In other words, "right-to-die" is about killing the patient -- with scant regard for either the wishes or the prospects of the patient.

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This happens over and over. Good people who have swallowed the media line on Terri buy into the rest of the argument. Granted, it is a good idea for government to stay out of private matters. But the fact in this case is that local government committed murder and should have been stopped. We have a constitutional right to petition Congress for redress of grievances.

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>> We are a church with a progressive theology and a commitment to social justice.

This sounds depressingly like a meeting of anthropoid apes.

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HALEIGH'S STORY ON FOX NEWS!

Good analysis of Haleigh's past year including that she survived
Social Services' removal of life support.

Fox News even called it a right to life battle!

That may actually be a first in the proper framing of the issue by
a national media outlet.

[Lesforlife]

China dissident, Harry Wu, brought video to Colorado
over a decade ago showing prisoners shot in the public
square, wisked away in awaiting ambulances which
transported their organs to wealthy westerners.

In their particularly cruel way, officials sent bills for the
bullets to family members of the political dissidents.

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We have a constitutional right to petition Congress for redress of grievances.

Not any more.

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Fox News even called it a right to life battle!

Ain't it grand? It's nice to hear the truth for a change.