Life-saver: The mother's hug that kickstarted Rachael's heart
Posted on 10/25/2007 7:52:37 AM PDT by wagglebee
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The resentment is apparent on blogs that chronicle the mortgage crisis. It has some Republican lawmakers worried about a backlash.
At the blog HousingPanic ( http://housingpanic.com), the agreement is equated to the attempt in 2005 to save Terri Schiavo, a woman who was in a vegetative state. "Washington politicians thought intervening in the Terri Schiavo affair would be good politics, too. Housing Gambler Bailout is the new Terri Schiavo," the site proclaims.
Those Who Avoided Risk Call Plan A Raw Deal
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In an interview with the Argentine Catholic Informational Agency (AICA), Bishop Martinez noted that people often ask him "what can be done to prevent these women from having more children...because what are we going to do with more indigenous people?"
"The comment is revealing and lamentably expresses the thinking of many people," said Martinez. "We can make a literal parallel with some officials, ministers, organizations...who habitually affirm 'what we can do to make poor mothers have fewer children, because what are we going to do with so many poor people later?'"
Argentine Bishop Denounces Sterilizations to Fight Poverty
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TORONTO, December 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The American author of several highly acclaimed books on the life issues, Wesley J. Smith, spoke to the issue of "Future Concerns" at the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition's international symposium in Toronto, Canada on December 1st, 2007.
Wesley Smith Warns Symposium About Dangerous Shifts in Medical Ethics and Practice
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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- In a new interview, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney reiterated his position when it comes to embryonic stem cell research. The former governor says he opposes the specific creation and destruction of human life to advance science but he says he would support destroying human embryos from fertility clinics.
Mitt Romney Backs Some Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Opposes Funding
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It was to be the one and only cuddle Carolyn Isbister would have with her tiny, premature daughter.
Rachael had been born minutes before - weighing a mere 20oz - and had only minutes to live. Her heart was beating once every ten seconds and she was not breathing................
Doctors gave my 20oz baby up for dead ... but I saved her life with this cuddle
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From post #515:
“By contrast he sees Barack Obama as a candidate whose ideas about the use of religion in politics are just right.”
“Just right” wouldn’t cause Obama to do things like this:
“Obama has spent a scant two years in the Senate but served eight years at the Illinois capitol in Springfield.
During that time, Obama voted AGAINST (emphasis mine) a bill that received national attention and would protect babies born alive after botched abortions.”
http://www.lifenews.com/nat2877.html
I don’t know if it’s Obama’s religion, or if he doesn’t follow his religion, but Obama voted for evil, and even an extremely ignorant person can see that a born-alive baby is not a “glob of tissue.”
Patients for mental health including children are getting poor treatment. (long article).
George Soros is for a utopia where he reigns supreme. He uses the left who think he's helping them. He's just using them.
The priorities in these United States are backwards, aren't they?
Obama is a way for Oprah to become the de facto president without running.
Do we really want Oprah to be the one behind the curtain? Money and power is what's ruining this country.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7133867.stm
ONE OF MANY CORRUPT FLA JUDGES:
www.judgegeorgegreer.com and there's this: www.michaelschiavo.org
What happened to Terri is still a felony called MURDER.
Life-saver: The mother's hug that kickstarted Rachael's heart
Missed it earlier.
The same Associated Press-Ipsos national poll that had Huckabee trailing only former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani showed that Thompson had fallen 8 percentage points since last month. He had dropped from second place to fifth.
Thompson, who was similarly unaware about the Supreme Court's ruling about the Terri Schiavo case, has failed to rally social conservatives behind him because of his work lobbying for a family planning group, as well as conflicting statements regarding issues such as abortion.
Thompson Criticizes Huckbee Over NIE Report, Says Iran Still Biggest U.S.Threat
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Olympia, WA (LifeNews.com) -- Former Washington Governor Booth Gardner has fired the opening salvo in a new campaign to approve a state law making it the second to legalize assisted suicide. LifeNews.com profiled his efforts back in October and the New York Times granted him a recent interview to promote his cause.
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Gardner framed the debate in terms of wanting to control his own life -- especially at its end.
Ironically, just months ago Gardner underwent deep brain surgery for Parkinson's Disease, which could possibly be used to help incapacitated patients like Terri Schiavo.
However, he said that the law wouldn't go far enough for him because he wants patients like him who are not terminally ill to be able to kill themselves with the help of a physician.
But, bioethics watchdog Wesley J. Smith says the former governor is ignoring the dangers and problems associated with allowing doctors to have a role in killing their patients................
Washington Advocate for Assisted Suicide Launches Legalization Campaign
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There is strong, healthy, and ongoing debate about when life as a human being begins and ends. End-of-life definitions involve organ system function (or lack thereof), including non-reflexive brain functions.
How would this relate to the "personhood" of a fertilized egg? Would that mean we'd all risk dying like Terry Schiavo because brain function no longer counts? Would a frozen fertilized egg in a fertility clinic qualify for government assistance and AFDC? What happens to the availability of birth control?
Religion shouldn't control abortion
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Asked about congressional action in the Terri Schiavo case, a particularly important event for the religious right, Thompson responded: "That's going back in history. I don't remember the details of it." However, as armchair pundits are screaming that Thompson is a disappointment, says Ornstein, "he has not exactly plummeted in the polls."
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As one participant said, "The shortest distance between a person and the truth is a story."
Soft-spoken Alison Davis, representing No Less Human, a disability rights group in England, told her story. Because of her disability, she has constant pain and is dependent on morphine for relief. She told of times when she had wanted to die due to suffering and depression. If the UK had allowed assisted suicide, she doubted she would be here today. Davis emphasized the danger of legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide: "Pain control is available, but it takes time and effort. Why bother if killing the patient is equally acceptable?"
Henk Reitsema, an articulate young man from the Netherlands representing Cry for Life, told the compelling story of his grandfather's death by involuntary euthanasia in a Dutch nursing home. He said, "The way my grandfather died might be described as ‘palliation with the side effect of death,'" which is a common way of imposed death in his country. We "seem to have made the suffering of pain the only crime worth punishing with the death penalty," declared Reitsema.
The familiar story of Terri Schindler-Schiavo's dehydration death in a Florida hospice was related by her brother Bobby Schindler. There was not a dry eye in the room as he described Terri's last days and the suffering her family endured and continues to endure because of her cruel death.
Dr. Paul Byrne's topic was "brain death." He told of several cases that compelled him to begin evaluating whether "brain death" is true death, or not. The first was in 1975. Joseph, a premature infant, had been on a ventilator for six weeks and an EEG was interpreted as "consistent with cerebral death." Dr. Byrne did not turn off the ventilator; rather, he continued treatment. Joseph is now married with children and works as a fireman and paramedic.........
Historic Symposium Focuses on Opposing Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
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Now, we could talk about the blunders that ensued from the arrogance in Washington. We could talk about the Social Security reform bill, we could talk about the Abramoff scandal, we could talk about Terri Schiavo, and we could talk all night about the president’s stupid amnesty plan. I’ll be happy to take questions about any of that later, but right now it’s important to concentrate on the sheer, stupid arrogance of the Republicans in Washington.
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thanks for your updates.
BUMP
Hi, BB, thanks for posting that ... sweet baby ping.
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