Attorney Who Aided Terri Schiavo’s Husband Now Advising Barack Obama

Life News ^ | 12/7/08 | Steven Ertelt

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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- An attorney who won an award for representing Terri Schiavo’s husband Michael in his efforts to kill his disabled wife is now an advisor to the transition team of incoming president Barack Obama.

Thomas Perrelli, who raised over $500,000 for the pro-abortion presidential candidate and is the managing partner of a Washington law firm, Jenner & Block LLP, is helping advise Obama on putting together a Justice Department team.

However, Perrelli provided Michael Schiavo with legal advice during his response to the Congressional bill that President Bush signed allowing the Schindler fail to take their lawsuit seeking to prevent Terri’s euthanasia death from state to federal courts.

Perrelli led the Jenner & Block team that developed the legal briefs opposing appeals for Michael and he ultimately received the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Pro Bono Award in October 2006 for representing Terri’s former husband at no cost.

On Michael’s legal team, Perrelli worked with infamous pro-euthanasia attorney George Felos as well as lawyers from the Florida chapter of the ACLU.

Obama’s selection of Perrelli to participate on his Justice Department transition team is no surprise given his comments on Terri’s painful 13-day starvation and dehydration death during the presidential campaign.

During his debate with Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary, Obama said his biggest mistake was voting with a unanimous Senate to help save Terri.

In March 2005, just weeks before Terri died, Congress approved legislation allowing her family to take its case from state courts to federal courts in an effort to stop the euthanasia from proceeding.

Terri was not on any artificial breathing apparatus and only required a feeding tube to eat and drink. Her family had filed a lawsuit against her former husband to allow them to care for her and give her proper medical and rehabilitative care.

The Senate unanimously approved a compromise bill, which the House eventually supported on a lopsided bipartisan vote and President Bush signed, to help the disabled woman.

Obama said he should have stood up against the life-saving legislation.

“It wasn't something I was comfortable with, but it was not something that I stood on the floor and stopped,” Obama said.

“And I think that was a mistake, and I think the American people understood that that was a mistake. And as a constitutional law professor, I knew better,” he added.

That wasn't the first time Obama said he regretted supporting the bill to protect the disabled woman.

During an April 2007 debate, Obama said, "I think professionally the biggest mistake that I made was when I first arrived in the Senate. There was a debate about Terri Schiavo, and a lot of us, including me, left the Senate with a bill that allowed Congress to intrude where it shouldn't have.”

"And I think I should have stayed in the Senate and fought more for making sure [Terri's parents couldn't take their case to federal court to save her life]," he explained.

Since Terri’s death, the Schindler family has established a foundation to help disabled and elderly patients obtain proper medical care and legal and other assistance when they are denied it.

Related web sites:
Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation - http://www.terrisfight.org

[wagglebee]

This is absolutely amazing and no babies had to be murdered to accomplish it!

Thread by GonzoII.

Woman Gets New Windpipe Using Her Own Stem Cells (WOW!)

WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) - A Spanish woman made medical history recently by receiving a new windpipe which had been grown from her own stem cells. The announcement has brought tremendous excitement among the pro-life as well as medical communities. The former group cited this as additional evidence that adult stem cell research, which is in complete accord with catholic social teaching, is producing real results...

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Tomorrow is the anniversary of the start of the American Holocaust.

Two threads by me.

National Pre-born Service to Be Held Tomorrow Morning in Capitol Visitor Center

WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Thursday morning's National Service for the Pre-born, previously known as the National Memorial for the Pre-born and their Mothers and Fathers, will take place inside the new US Capitol Visitor Center after being initially turned down for an indoor venue this year. An alternate site at the Heritage Foundation Building was made available to attendees, but the service will now be returned to the US Capitol complex itself...

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Women Who Regret Their Abortions Will Speak Out at Upcoming March for Life

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The pro-life movement has a rich history of focusing not just on the death of an unborn child in an abortion but on the pain and regret millions of women fell following an abortion. Some of those women who wish they could undo their abortion decision and choose life will speak out again at this year's March for Life...

"We will not be silent.
We are your bad conscience.
The White Rose will give you no rest."

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Dante3]

Today’s “The Washington Times” has a whole section - 8 pages - on pro life views of 13 persons, most of them US House members.

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Here’s a thread on pro-life speeches in Congress yesterday:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169647/posts

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There is a certain brilliance in simplicity and this ad is incredible!

Thread by me.

Pro-life Obama Ad Viewed over 250,000 Times in Three Days

WASHINGTON, January 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A video advertisement being dubbed the "pro-life Obama ad" has been well received by Americans during the week of President Barack Obama's inauguration.  The ad has already been viewed hundreds of thousands of time online, and will soon be appearing on major US television networks.

The ad shows an ultrasound of a baby in a womb, while the text explains that during his life the baby’s father will abandon him, and his single mother will struggle to support him.  But, "despite the hardships he will endure," the ad continues. "This child will become the 1st African American President."  The ad climaxes with a picture of President Obama and the slogan, "Life. Imagine the Potential." (See the ad here: http://www.catholicvote.com/)

The ad was created by CatholicVote.com, a project that the Fidelis Center founded in 2008 to educate Americans on the "critical issues in the public policy arena." During the 2008 Presidential campaign drive, CatholicVote.com released a highly successful Election film that received almost four million views in just eight weeks.

In a recent letter to subscribers, president of CatholicVote.com, Brian Burch described how the new ad has been viewed 250,000 times in three days and made the top ten most viewed videos on YouTube.com. 

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[wagglebee]

The similarities to Hitler grow stronger every day.

Thread by fabrizio.

Obama Administration Considers Pro-Euthanasia British-Style Health Care

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The new administration of president Barack Obama is still putting up nameplates on walls and staff members are learning how to use their computers. But some watchdogs are concerned that the administration is already full steam ahead with a plan that could lead to assisted suicide, euthanasia and health care rationing...

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It's actually the 36th anniversary, the the New York Slimes and Zero are more concerned with the low body count.

Thread by SMCC1.

On 35th Anniversary, Obama Praises Roe v. Wade Precedent

"President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to protecting abortion rights on Wednesday, the 35th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, and said that it “stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters...”

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How's this for "dialogue" -- 3500 AMERICAN BABIES ARE MURDERED EVERY DAY, the only "dialogue" the abortionists need is that which comes when the beg the Lord for forgiveness.

Thread by markomalley.

Let's start new dialogue on abortion rights (projectile vomit alert!!)

On this, the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we stand at an extraordinary moment for our nation: For the first time, we have elected an African-American president in an election that inspired young and old, people of all races and faiths, men and women, rich and poor.

Many were moved by Barack Obama's call for a new conversation about race, a renewed commitment to our democracy and an agenda that aspires to reach a greater good for all. Today, we focus on the piece of that agenda that holds great promise for reproductive rights.

It is tempting to use this anniversary to recite a litany of policies we want our new administration to enact: from rescinding the global gag rule to restoring affordable birth control at college health centers to reversing the Bush administration's midnight rule allowing a broad range of health care providers to refuse basic reproductive health services...

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The death cultists are targeting another crime victim, a six-month old boy, just like they did with Haleigh.

Thread by me.

Wesley J. Smith: A New "Haleigh Poutre" in Texas?

SHS's good friend, attorney Jerri Ward, is gearing up to fight a case in Texas that is eerily reminiscent of the Haleigh Poutre case. An attorney ad litem for a terribly abused baby named David Coronado Jr., wanted to stop all treatment because the baby is expected to remain profoundly cognitively disabled. From the story:

The fate of a brain-damaged 6-month-old Dallas boy is uncertain after his court-appointed attorney on Tuesday withdrew a motion to let doctors take the baby off life support...The baby's attorney ad litem, Holly Schreier, told a juvenile district court judge that doctors at Children's Medical Center Dallas had assessed a change in the baby's condition. She did not say what the change was, and she did not return a call for comment.

A doctor reported in December that he expected David to suffer severe disabilities if he survived. It is unclear if doctors now expect the baby to remain in a vegetative or minimally conscious state. Meanwhile, word of the possible hearing on withdrawing the child's life support had spread over the weekend among right-to-life and disabilities-rights groups, at least one of which readied attorneys to intervene Tuesday morning. "Brains are very resilient, and in a 6-month-old baby, to conclude that he's neurologically devastated and is going to stay permanently that way I think is irresponsible," said Jerri Lynn Ward, an attorney representing Not Dead Yet, a disabilities-rights group.

A few points: First, the child was only injured last month. What's the rush? Second: It is wrong for a guardian to want her ward dead "in his best interests" because he is expected to be seriously disabled if he survives. The message of that decision is stark: his death is better than living with serious disabilities--which I don't think a guardian should be allowed by law to assume.

We saw this same rush to remove treatment and "death is better than profoundly disabled" kind of thinking in Haleigh's case. But for the time it took to get the Supreme Court's approval for the dehydration, Haleigh would be dead today instead of in rehabilitation and going to school. Good grief! Do we never learn?

Hopefully, this will be the end of the matter and the baby will receive proper care. If not, I will comment about it here.

[floriduh voter]

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA: The first black Pro-Death President. One of MLK’s relatives is on ewtn tonight. She’s pro-life.

[wagglebee]

As today is the 36th Anniversary of the start of the American Holocaust there were a great many pro-life threads posted today. I didn't want to post them all, but they are all worth reading. Today more than ever it is imperative that we not back down, the stakes are greater than they have ever been.

I give thanks to my God in every remembrance of you (Philippians 1:3)

"We will not be silent.
We are your bad conscience.
The White Rose will give you no rest."

[wagglebee]

That would be Doctor Alveda King, she works with Father Pavone at Priests for Life and she is a wonderful woman, she is the “true heir” to her uncle’s legacy.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[wagglebee]

Abortion has done more to devastate the Black community than ANYTHING in history.

Thread by GonzoII.

At March, Black Pastor Warns Obama not to Preside over “Genocide” of American Blacks

WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The most well received speech at the March for Life this year was that of an African American pastor from Frederick Maryland. Pastor Luke Robinson began noting that the election of the first African American President of the United States was a fulfillment of “part” of the “Dream” of Dr. Marin Luther King Jr...

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The left is thrilled at the prospect of murdering more babies.

Thread by me.

Abortion Advocates Giddy About Obama Order Reversing Mexico City Policy

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Abortion advocates were able to check off one of the items on the 55-page memo they gave to President Barack Obama as marching orders for his administration. In comments after Obama ditched the Mexico City Policy, key pro-abortion groups were giddy with excitement...

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Zero lusts for more death.

Thread by markomalley.

Abortion: Obama's holy war

As one inauguration ends, another begins. Yesterday's March for Life in Washington inaugurated a rebirth of the abortion debate, thanks in large part to the election of President Barack Obama.

The media traditionally ignore or minimize the annual march, despite its large numbers, because it's viewed as a rehash of Roe v. Wade. But this year is different, because many pro-lifers view Obama as militantly pro-abortion rights.

For starters, on the campaign trail he told Planned Parenthood supporters of his desire to sign into law, as quickly as possible, the pro-abortion Freedom of Choice Act. Versions of FOCA have been introduced in Congress since 1989. But FOCA isn't the whole story...

[wagglebee]

It is amazing what a little bit of money can do.

Thread by me.

Knights of Columbus Program Helps First Crisis Pregnancy Center get Ultrasound

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new program sponsored by the national Knights of Columbus has helped its first pregnancy center obtain an ultrasound machine. The program is meant to provide pregnancy centers with the tools to help women considering an abortion see their baby and choose pro-life alternatives.

The Supreme Office of the Knights of Columbus and the Florida State Council of the Knights of Columbus yesterday donated $44,050 dollars to the Women's Help Center in Jacksonville, Florida, for the purchase of a new 4-D ultrasound machine.

The donated resulted from the pilot program started by Supreme Knight, Carl Anderson, to help the centers lower the number of abortions that occur.

Roy Hatten, CEO of the Women's Help Center, which has three centers in the Jacksonville area, told LifeNews.com he was thankful for the donation.

"Jacksonville is ranked third in Florida the highest number of surgical abortions, with over 8,400 babies killed per year. Our centers are strategically located among four of the five abortion mills in our city," Hatten told LifeNews.com. "We are literally with-in blocks of the busiest" abortion centers in town.

"Our newest center is scheduled to open within weeks and is located next door to one of our local Planned Parenthood offices," he said. "We are extremely blessed to have so much community support, and now, with the addition of this new ultrasound machine, we can help change the minds and hearts of many more women in our town."

Anderson told LifeNews.com that the date of the donation, the thirty-sixth anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that allowed 50 million abortions, is no coincidence.

He said pregnancy centers have been successful in helping more than 80 percent of women decide against an abortion after seeing an ultrasound image of their unborn child.

"The sophistication of today's medical technology provides a 'window on the womb,'" Anderson said. "Even from the early stages of pregnancy, a mother can see her developing child, hear the baby's heartbeat, and to recognize the miracle of new life within her."

The Knights of Columbus ultrasound project seeks to provide medically certified pro-life pregnancy centers with the modern technology to monitor the health of babies in utero, and to allow mothers to visually experience that development.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[wagglebee]

The 'Rats have decided that Big Murder definitely needs a bailout and Bella Pelosi has declared that children "hurt" the economy.

Two threads by me.

Congressional Democrats Put Abortion Industry Funding in Economic Stimulus Bill

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- On the heels of President Barack Obama overturning a policy to stop taxpayer dollars from going to pro-abortion groups to promote abortions overseas, Congressional Democrats have loaded down the economic stimulus bill to send taxpayer funds to domestic abortion groups...

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Pelosi Accused of Saying Children Hurt Economy in Defending Abortion Bailout

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is coming under heavy criticism today from those who say she implied children hurt the economy. Pelosi made the comments in an interview with ABC News over the weekend defending a decision to include a bailout for the abortion industry in the economic stimulus bill...