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More on Haleigh Poutre...

Also Wednesday, the Legislature settled on a proposal to curb child abuse, a legislative effort inspired by Haleigh Poutre and a spate of other troubling stories of children repeatedly tormented. A new child advocate, reporting directly to the governor, would have subpoena power, the penalties for not reporting child abuse would grow stiffer, and those required to relay information about such abuse would have to undergo training to recognize symptoms..........

The week... in state government

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926 posted on 07/19/2008 2:51:52 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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We have a "touching" picture of the dad who wants to have his daughter snuffed in the horrible, painful manner of dehydration, in Italy. What a contrast between him and Dad, Randy Richardson, Lauren's Dad and Bob Schindler, Terri's Dad!

I can only excerpt from Time.com

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Giuseppe Englaro poses with a picture of his daughter Eluana who has been in an irreversible coma for the past 16 years.
Giuseppe Englaro poses with a picture of his daughter Eluana, who has been in an irreversible coma for the past 16 years.
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The questions that drove the Terri Schiavo debate were universal: life and death; man, God and science. But the battle to remove Schiavo's feeding tube after 15 years in a vegetative state — her husband Michael made that decision against the wishes of Schiavo's deeply religious parents — was also a uniquely American drama of fiery Florida preachers, New York talk show hosts and Washington judges and politicians..............

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927 posted on 07/19/2008 3:14:01 AM PDT by 8mmMauser (Jezu ufam tobie...Jesus I trust in Thee)
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