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This topic is out of my morning ping cycle but is so important it bears a look and a FReep!

First who it is about. Read the whole thing for the remarkable story of this lady whose fate was almost that of Terri.

My name is Kate Adamson-Klugman and I’m like millions of other disabled Americans. Today I have been asked to come and speak to you because I have a very unique perspective. Most people, who will testify about this problem, will be telling you about things that they have to speculate about -- acting as fortune tellers. I’ll be sharing from my own personal experience -- I have been there. I needed a feeding tube to survive and was disconnected from my feeding tube for eight days. I have suffered what is currently allowed under Colorado law to be done to the medically vulnerable, the elderly and the weak. I know just how painful it is -- to just not feed someone.

Senate Health and Human Services Committee Colorado February 16, 2006

Second, here is a contest by ABC News Prevention Magazine, and so far she is leading.

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So what is the picture of health? How about alive instead of dead!

In 1995, I was a fit and healthy mother of two. I had an ideal diet: no processed sugar, low fat organic foods, whole grains, lots of veggies and fruit. I was 5" 3"-- weighed 116 lbs with a body fat ratio of 12%. I worked out five days a week. If you wanted to see a healthy lifestyle, all you had to do was follow me around.

At the age of 33, I suffered a brainstem stroke that left me totally paralyzed. Many debated whether my life was worth the cost of life support. The odds were a million to one against me; but because I had done the work I had a fighting chance to survive. Because of my health and fitness, resulting from proper diet and exercise, the willpower I developed in the process "and God's grace" I survived.

Today I am still the picture of health. It may be a slightly different picture than you're used to because I'm still partially paralyzed, but I enjoy the most significant recovery of anyone who has suffered this type of paralysis. I still watch my diet and exercise regularly. I still weigh 116 lbs. My body fat ratio is only slightly increased (hey, I'm ten years older). It is great being alive! How much does being the picture of health mean to me? It saved my life.

Meet Kate Adamson - Klugman -- She Survived a Major Stroke to Inspire Others

I opened the link and voted for her in a heartbeat.

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"We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest."

Here is a jaw-dropper if you haven't seen it yet. Thread from scotswife. I even learned a new term, intact dilation and extraction...

We didn't want to. We didn't mean to. We didn't do anything wrong, which is to say, we did everything right. Four years ago, when Tina and I set out on this journey to have children, such a circumstance was unimaginable. And yet there I was, holding her hand, watching the ultrasound as a needle with potassium chloride found its mark, stopping the heart of one male fetus, then the other, hidden in my wife's suffering belly.

We don't feel guilty. We don't feel ashamed. We're not even really sad, because terminating these fetuses — at 15 weeks' gestation — was a medical imperative. This has been a white-knuckle pregnancy from Day 1, and had it gone on as it was going, Tina's health would have been in jeopardy, according to her doctor. The fact is, multiple pregnancies are high risk, and they can go bad very suddenly. I wasn't going to allow that, though the fires of hell might beckon.

Proud of Two Abortions

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