Let Lauren Live!

ChristtheKingMaine ^ | May 7, 2008 | Judie Brown

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LAUREN RICHARDSON - YOU CAN HELP!
By Judie Brown

It has been a source of ongoing sadness to read of the difficulties Lauren Richardson’s father has had over the course of the past several months. For those of you who are not familiar with her case, Lauren overdosed on heroin on August 28, 2006. She suffered oxygen deprivation and, as a result of the overdose, is now in a coma and unable to speak out for herself. At the time of the overdose, Lauren was expecting a baby. Her parents honored what they knew would have been her wish and did all they could to keep her healthy and comfortable until the child was born. Today, though Lauren may not be aware of it, she is the mother of Ember Grace, who was born in February 2007.

Since the birth of her daughter, Lauren remains unable to speak of her concerns, but she has a loving father who is doing all he can to protect her from suffering the same fate as Terri Schiavo. However, Lauren’s mother, who has been named her legal guardian, is sadly not of the same opinion and is working with attorneys to pressure the courts to permit Lauren’s starvation.

Lauren’s father has kept hope alive, even at times when there appeared to be no hope in human terms. Lauren’s father is a man of hope in Christ and is dedicated to spending every breath he has on defending Lauren, regardless of what it might cost him in physical exhaustion and worldly goods. The most recent update for those concerned about Lauren tells us the following:

We struggle at times as we seek to share with the public the details of what is happening with Lauren because of the disagreement we have with Lauren’s mother. We cannot understand her reasoning in refusing a path of hope, healing and restoration for Lauren and insisting on causing her death by withholding food and water from her. The issue in Lauren’s case is the eternal truth that all people, no matter what their medical condition, bear the image of God and deserve basic care and an opportunity to be restored to health.

Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo’s brother, has written about Lauren in an editorial earlier this year, "False Compassion," and is working closely with Lauren’s father in order to provide expertise that he is uniquely qualified to share during a trying time like this.

There are many links on the Life for Lauren web site that will assist you in tracking this case and learning who is supporting Lauren’s ongoing care and who is opposing it. More importantly, there is something you can do to express your concerns.

ACTION NEEDED NOW

The governor of Delaware, Ruth Ann Minner, is being asked by pro-life Americans across this nation to intervene in this case in order to save Lauren from what many fear is an imminent court order dictating that Lauren be starved and dehydrated to death. I am asking you to be one of those who communicates your passionate belief that Lauren’s life is sacred and deserves to be protected from those who would order her death. The governor’s e-mail address is governor.minner@state.de.us.

Further, it would mean a great deal to Lauren’s father, Randy, if you sent him a copy of your e-mail to Governor Ruth Ann Minner. Randy’s e-mail address is Lifeforlauren@aol.com. 

During a recent visit to Anchorage, Alaska where Bobby Schindler was invited to speak, he told a reporter from The Catholic Anchor, "Once we accept that killing is an acceptable answer to human suffering, we lose any type of parameters. Euthanasia is a form of abandonment. It is not compassion."

Truer words were never spoken. As I frequently tell people who argue that we pro-lifers are being heartless and cruel for fighting to defend the rights of a "hopeless case," "God is the author of every human being’s life, and He has never given permission to a single one of us to arbitrarily rob another human being of life for any reason including disability or illness."

As Flannery O’Connor once wrote on the subject of false compassion, "In the absence of faith, we govern by tenderness. And tenderness leads to the gas chamber."

Lauren Richardson is not terminal – she is severely disabled. Lauren Richardson should not be murdered.

Judie Brown is president of American Life League and a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

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Wagglebee thread on pro-lie...

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The Ohio branch of the leading player in the nation's abortion industry, Planned Parenthood, is blaming the callers for a fiasco in which a local official was caught on tape agreeing to take a donation designated to eliminate blacks.

WND has reported previously on the work of Lila Rose, editor of the Los Angeles-based Advocate, who has conducted several undercover investigations of Planned Parenthood..........

Abortionists defend agreeing to target blacks

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Har! Thread by wagglebee on Obama and NARAL....

With the clock running down on a long-fought primary, NARAL Pro-Choice America leaders sent state affiliates reeling this week by endorsing Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. It was seen as a gratuitous slap in the face to a longtime ally, and it sparked a fear even closer to home: that the move will alienate donors loyal to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.

Many on this week’s conference call were stunned on learning the news, making urgent pleas for the group to remain neutral until after the June 3 Democratic primaries....

NARAL reeling from Obama endorsement

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Apologies to Dawnsblood for crediting wagglebee with the last thread link. Off to get second cup of coffee.

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It gets worse... It was narses who pinged me. Thanks, narses. Now I need two more cups of coffee.

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This time I have it right, I think. Thread by wagglebee.

Planned Parenthood and other promoters of abortion are on or near college campuses preaching their message of death. But a student pro-life group is moving to counter that.

In response to the campus prominence of Planned Parenthood, Students for Life of America is hiring field agents who will have the responsibility of forming chapters on campuses in their region. The organization will help to make sure counseling and services are available to women that will convince them to have their babies.....

Battling the abortion mentality on campus

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WTG Miss Delaware! I hope the governor reads it, and that it gets out to the public.

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Jim Robinson update!

Lots of pings and news today, so much it is better to just check out the thread...

Here is the last one from Mama Bear

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Sorry it has taken so long to get this update posted. I needed to resize some photos before I could post. Husband, jkphoto, and I drove up to Fresno this afternoon to see Jim and I am very pleased to report that he is doing great! He was sitting in his chair (for the first time since his surgery) and we distinctly saw the same twinkle in his eyes, the same smiles and the same upbeat sense of humor that we have come to expect from our "Jim". We didn't want to monopolize his time, so only spent about a half an hour with him. We met his brother and another visitor who was just leaving when we arrived. Jim says he is not taking the morphine anymore and is in absolutely no pain at all. He is anxious, of course, to be released (but, IMHO, he is doing so very well under the good care he is receiving at the VA hospital that I think he should stay as long as they will keep him. LOL). His nurse was in and out of his room several times during out brief visit. He is certainly getting lots of attention and TLC there. Of course, he is so very grateful to each and every one of you for your concern and prayers. He said he fired up his laptop and came to the thread for awhile today, but there is apparently something wrong with his monitor......he said it just keeps fogging up on him and he just had to close it up and put it away for awhile. ;-) He says he will be posting an update soon. Later, after we said goodbye to Jim, we met up with our good buddy Syncro at the Macaroni Grill and had a nice dinner. Syncro then headed over to see Jim and we left for the 45 minute drive home. There is not much else to report, but I did take some photos, inside and out, of the military tributes, posters and artwork, etc., at the VA hospital and thought I would post some of them here along with the flowers in Jim's room. I just can't stress enough how great Jim is doing. That's the power of prayer! 1,878 posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 12:00:43 AM by Mama_Bear (My heroes wear camouflage!)

Sorry it has taken so long to get this update posted. I needed to resize some photos before I could post.

Husband, jkphoto, and I drove up to Fresno this afternoon to see Jim and I am very pleased to report that he is doing great! He was sitting in his chair (for the first time since his surgery) and we distinctly saw the same twinkle in his eyes, the same smiles and the same upbeat sense of humor that we have come to expect from our "Jim". We didn't want to monopolize his time, so only spent about a half an hour with him. We met his brother and another visitor who was just leaving when we arrived.

Jim says he is not taking the morphine anymore and is in absolutely no pain at all. He is anxious, of course, to be released (but, IMHO, he is doing so very well under the good care he is receiving at the VA hospital that I think he should stay as long as they will keep him. LOL). His nurse was in and out of his room several times during out brief visit. He is certainly getting lots of attention and TLC there.

Of course, he is so very grateful to each and every one of you for your concern and prayers. He said he fired up his laptop and came to the thread for awhile today, but there is apparently something wrong with his monitor......he said it just keeps fogging up on him and he just had to close it up and put it away for awhile. ;-) He says he will be posting an update soon.

Later, after we said goodbye to Jim, we met up with our good buddy Syncro at the Macaroni Grill and had a nice dinner. Syncro then headed over to see Jim and we left for the 45 minute drive home.

There is not much else to report, but I did take some photos, inside and out, of the military tributes, posters and artwork, etc., at the VA hospital and thought I would post some of them here along with the flowers in Jim's room.

I just can't stress enough how great Jim is doing. That's the power of prayer!

1,878 posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 12:00:43 AM by Mama_Bear (My heroes wear camouflage!)

Prayers for Jim Robinson (VERY GOOD NEWS - Message from Jim @ 1556; Updates: 1776, #1780, #1878)

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Sorry it has taken so long to get this update posted. I needed to resize some photos before I could post.

Husband, jkphoto, and I drove up to Fresno this afternoon to see Jim and I am very pleased to report that he is doing great! He was sitting in his chair (for the first time since his surgery) and we distinctly saw the same twinkle in his eyes, the same smiles and the same upbeat sense of humor that we have come to expect from our "Jim". We didn't want to monopolize his time, so only spent about a half an hour with him. We met his brother and another visitor who was just leaving when we arrived.

Jim says he is not taking the morphine anymore and is in absolutely no pain at all. He is anxious, of course, to be released (but, IMHO, he is doing so very well under the good care he is receiving at the VA hospital that I think he should stay as long as they will keep him. LOL). His nurse was in and out of his room several times during out brief visit. He is certainly getting lots of attention and TLC there.

Of course, he is so very grateful to each and every one of you for your concern and prayers. He said he fired up his laptop and came to the thread for awhile today, but there is apparently something wrong with his monitor......he said it just keeps fogging up on him and he just had to close it up and put it away for awhile. ;-) He says he will be posting an update soon.

Later, after we said goodbye to Jim, we met up with our good buddy Syncro at the Macaroni Grill and had a nice dinner. Syncro then headed over to see Jim and we left for the 45 minute drive home.

There is not much else to report, but I did take some photos, inside and out, of the military tributes, posters and artwork, etc., at the VA hospital and thought I would post some of them here along with the flowers in Jim's room.

I just can't stress enough how great Jim is doing. That's the power of prayer!

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All, please remember in your prayers today the plight of Alouette's husband. We will be praying for his recovery.

My husband (FReeper rebdov, but he hasn’t posted in years) has just been admitted to hospital with infection in his feet. He is on heavy antibiotic and if there is any place NOT to go if you have an infection, it’s a hospital.

Please pray for Dov-Ber Yitzchak ben Sarah Shaindel.

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We keep watch

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From Life News...

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Phoenix, AZ (LifeNews.com) -- Last week, the Arizona Senate approved a patient care bill that offers protection for patients like Terri Schiavo who are unable to communicate their medical treatment desires. The Senate voted for the patient care measure on a 17-9 vote on May 12. Cathi Herrod, the president of the Center for Arizona Policy, tells LifeNews.com the bill is based on the real-life story of Jesse Ramirez. On October 19, only months after being nearly dehydrated to death when his feeding tube was removed, Jesse Ramirez walked out of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix on his own two legs. Ramirez is lucky to be alive. Early last June, a mere one week after a serious auto accident left him unconscious, his wife Rebecca and doctors decided he would never recover and pulled his feeding tube. He went without food and water for five long days. The bill requires the court to issue an order to restore food and fluid to a patient if it has been improperly removed. The Senate recognized Jesse and his family, who were present in the gallery for the vote. The bill now goes to the House for a final vote.

Arizona Senate Approves Patient Care Bill to Protect Disabled Patients

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I wonder just how YWCA would have empowered Terri...

Our next Empowering Women Lecture is Sept. 16, featuring Kathryn Hinsch of the Women's Bioethics Project. The rapid advance of biotechnology is quickly outpacing our ability as a society to absorb the effect it will have on our lives. From stem-cell research to the Schiavo case, bioethics has created a whole new world of issues and questions. Dr. Heather Cunliffe, cancer research scientist for TGEN and YWCA board member, will join Kathryn in the lecture and discussion. This will be very interesting conversation.

YWCA seeks to eliminate racism, empower women

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Their last straw...

Thread by wagglebee.

Jack Straw, the justice secretary, has ordered an inquest into 10 suspicious deaths at an old people’s convalescent unit in Hampshire.

The patients were among a group of 92 who died unexpectedly after being given abnormally large doses of morphine and other drugs at the Gosport War Memorial hospital. Their relatives believe their deaths were a form of euthanasia............

Convalescent unit faces inquest into suspicious deaths (Euthanasia in U.K.)

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Please Missus Robinson...(Not to confuse with our own Robinson!!!)

Thread by wagglebee.

LONDON, May 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Anglican Church is the perfect vehicle for creating a new “gay” Christianity by virtue of the fact that it is the only church that accepts the logical contradiction of asserting both the sanctity of human life and the existence of a right to abortion.

Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson, whose ordination to the episcopate has precipitated the ongoing schism between traditionally Christian Anglicans and its ultra-liberal, secularized branches, is in London to talk about his vision for the homosexual future of the Anglican Church. He was visiting and promoting his cause in preparation for the upcoming Lambeth Conference in July...........

Anglican Acceptance of both Abortion & Life will Allow the Creation of a Gay Church: Robinson [Open]

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Futile kiwis...

New Zealand police are on the trail of a woman who is alleged to have helped a sick Aucklander die in return for a fee.

Right-to-die campaigners have made a complaint to police about an American calling herself Susan Wilson. They believe she flew into New Zealand late last year and gave life-terminating drugs to a woman who was battling depression but not terminally ill, and walked away $12,000 better off.....

Euthanasia allegation probed (New Zealand)

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Bump for post 227!

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Prayers up for your husband, you and your entire family Alouette.

If there is a prayer thread, let me know and I will ping my list to it.

G_d Bless you all.

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Thanks for the update. Beautiful flowers.

Prayers continue for Jim. Wonderful that he has no more pain.

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Once again, we update on Jim Robinson and his continued recovery with the help of many prayers. JustAmy updates again on post #2,092 as of last night.

Prayers for Jim Robinson (Jim's Msg @ 1556; Latest Update: #2092)

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I was a bit disappointed in this site, was looking for a link on where to buy heavy duty Reynolds wrap and stainless steel colanders. Alas, it is only this...

One other subordinate task of managed democracy is to keep the citizenry preoccupied with peripheral and/or private conditions of human life so that they fail to focus on the widespread corruption and betrayal of the public trust. In Wolin's words, "The point about disputes on such topics as the value of sexual abstinence, the role of religious charities in state-funded activities, the question of gay marriage, and the like, is that they are not framed to be resolved. Their political function is to divide the citizenry while obscuring class differences and diverting the voters' attention from the social and economic concerns of the general populace." Prominent examples of the elite use of such incidents to divide and inflame the public are the Terri Schiavo case of 2005, in which a brain-dead woman was kept artificially alive, and the 2008 case of women and children living in a polygamous commune in Texas who were allegedly sexually mistreated.......

Inverted Totalitarianism: A New Way of Understanding How the U.S. Is Controlled

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Perhaps on the other side of the world geographically from the above gang, it is not so far afield in I (also) ran. This is from Teheran. I guess we are just not as appreciative of Barack Hussain Muhammad Obama as we could be or as they are. With the aid of a second cup of strong coffee, I perceived that author Richard Silverstein was probably not even Iranian nor maybe even Islamic. Lo, he is from the Guardian...

Just as mixing religion and science in dealing with issues like abortion or stem cell research makes for bad science (as in the case of Terry Schiavo); so mixing religion and politics makes for bad politics. The Arab-Israeli conflict is fundamentally political in nature, not religious.

American presidents, when they travel abroad, rarely take partisan political potshots at their domestic opponents. But this president, as in everything else to do with partisanship, breaks the mold. So he engaged in an unprecedented and distorted attack on Barack Obama’s attempt at renewing a U.S. foreign policy which adheres to a more traditional American sense of prudence and moderation:

President without shame

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