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We can't expect the killers to rest...Their life is death.

Thread by jaydubya2 with thanks to wagglebee.

For the second straight year, Cook County taxpayers are set to pay for a record number of abortions at county health facilities.

The dramatic increase at Stroger Hospital runs counter to state and national trends. Since 2003, abortions at Stroger Hospital have increased 78 percent -- to about 4,000 this year from 2,243.

The county has more than doubled the number of abortions performed each week since the service was reinstated in 1992 -- to a current average of 77 a week from a self-imposed limit of 30 a week................

Abortions at Stroger up 78% since 2003

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Book review in the San Francisco Chronicle, especially relevant...

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............."The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up" is a speedy read, especially if you're a miracle junkie or curious about brain trauma stories. And it isn't just about a heroic firefighter felled in the line of duty. There's also a 19th century priest up for sainthood and a portrait of a Buffalo, N.Y., Catholic enclave with close-knit families made up of seven, 10 or 11 kids.

~Snip~Naturally, Terri Schiavo comparisons, which were made when this story was in the press, come to mind, and Blake does refer to that case of the Florida woman who was in a vegetative state for 15 years during a lengthy legal battle between her husband and parents. (Eventually, her spouse prevailed, her feeding tube was removed, and she died.) Blake can't avoid the case, particularly since one of Linda's cousins works with Schiavo's husband. But Blake remains unbiased - at least on the page - about that politicized tragedy, referring to it only as "heartbreaking." He does point out that Schiavo's case is similar to Donny's in that Linda disagrees with Donny's parents about his care. There's even a legal struggle for guardianship of Donny, which Linda wins.................

The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up... A True Story

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