Posted on 02/01/2008 2:51:57 PM PST by Pyro7480
A Delaware woman has become the next Terri Schiavo as her parents engage in a massive legal and philosophical debate about whether to subject her to euthanasia. Richardson is a 23-year-old woman who overdosed on heroin in August 2006 while she was three months pregnant with a baby girl.
Doctors kept Lauren on life support until she delivered her baby in February 2007. Shortly thereafter, her parents began a fight that is reminiscent of the battle over Terri's life and death.
As in the Terri Schiavo case, physicians have been quick to label Lauren as having a persistent vegetative state -- something Terri's family called dehumanizing and medically inaccurate as patients have recovered from it.
Edith Towers, Lauren's mother, wants to remove her feeding tube and starve and dehydrate her to death in the same manner that Michael Schiavo subjected Terri.
Towers claims Lauren would never have wanted to live as a permanently disabled person, but Lauren, as with Terri, did not have a living will or other advance directive spelling out her treatment wishes. She claims Lauren told her during Terri's battle that she would not want to live like her.
On the other side is Randy Richardson, Lauren's father is fighting to save her life and wants to be appointed as her guardian to ensure she receives appropriate medical care and treatment.
"She's committed no crime and doesn't deserve to have this death imposed on her," Richardson told the News Journal newspaper on Wednesday. "We just want to give her a chance."
Lauren no longer uses a ventilator or other breathing apparatus and is not on artificial life support -- something Randy contends is showing progress.
Towers is winning the legal battle in court as she was awarded guardianship of Lauren, but Randy Richardson has filed an appeal.
The News Journal indicates Delaware Court of Chancery Master Sam Glasscock III has put any action taking Lauren's life on hold while the court reviews the guardianship ruling -- a process that could take as much as three months to complete.
Regardless of the decision, an appeal to the Delaware Supreme Court is expected.
Randy Richardson also has other concerns about his daughter and says that Towers, his ex-wife, has not allowed Lauren's baby to see her.
Richardson and the Delaware Pro-Life Coalition released a video on Wednesday that shows Lauren at a nursing home reacting to family members and a dog.
The pro-life group also organized a prayer vigil near the Arbors Rehab Center in New Castle.
"ON ANOTHER NOTE, Governor Charlie Crist had a really GAY argyle sweater on yesterday. How can he get away with that? (see my tag line)."
Forgive my naivete--perhaps this is an ongoing "inside joke" I am unaware of--but what do you mean by "How can he get away with" wearing an argyle sweater? Why would that be objectionable? Why would anyone care what he wears? I'm feeling a bit dense here. :)
Best,
Etixos
Are you accusing Governor Crist of being gay or are you some kind of weird wardrobe critic?
You scare me.
See my tag line. He said it...
sun, here we go again. lol Charlie's speed boat is named "Freedom" but I don't know what he calls his Jaguar. Maybe the Jag's name is "Maverick".
http://myflorida.com/showstory/15/
I admit that I have a dark way at looking at things sometimes. So, I can't help but think that Hitler appointed Himmmler...
Did you read about Crist’s plan for an “army of 500,000 environmentalists” scouts to report pollution violators. He’s like Obama and AH. I’m sure CC’s in the book 1984. On Crist’s photo page: trip to Brazil & Israel. No photos in Florida. Very odd.
Oh I don't doubt that. I can't even smoke in my own building anymore in Illinois. I had to throw the big ashtray cans in the dumpster because they are now illegal. See how a good German I am?
Nice job backpeddling there. Congrats.
Best,
Etixos
How shallow. To some of us, freedom is more important than that.
She explained the witticism in a straightforward and honest fashion, per your request. Only a troll or a bot fly would call honesty “backpedalling.” Which are you?
If McCain does well in the next primaries, I’m afraid it will make him so overly confident, that he will think he doesn’t have to reach out to conservatives, and will pick a liberal like Charlie Crist, or someone comparable.
I hope the voters realize that they need to pull the lever for Huckabee, for a brokered convention, or EVEN to send McCain a message.
Check my posting history, you decide, not that I care.
This is a pro-life thread and Crist isn’t pro-life.
Charlie Crist and his gay argyle sweater are a joke. I made that perfectly clear. I’ll let others indicate whether Governor Crist is gay or not. He’s a joke and his sweater is GAY. Do you get it yet?
Please pardon all my typos. Check my tagline and profile page for some of my excuses.
The People’s Governor wants 500,000 scouts across the nation to snitch on grownups. He envisioned them as “an army”. There are shades of Mussolini in his visions. I know Florida doesn’t have 500K scouts. Why would the cristi-critter be discussing ALL BOY AND GIRLS SCOUTS unless he has designs on becoming a national nightmare?
I bet MaCain thinks Crist is a conservative, or at least will try to pass him off as one.
McCain admits to a huge ego. It’s obvious Crist has one. They are 2 peas in a pod. (rotten peas)
All McLame knows about conservatives is that we are the ones he has been fighting against his entire political career.
If this primary season has proven anything it’s that RINOs are so unfamiliar with what conservatism is that they don’t even know how to fake it.
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