Wesley J. Smith: Case of Rom Houben Should Prompt Renewed Look at Terri Schiavo's Death

Life News ^ | 12/24/09 | Wesley J. Smith

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So Terri Schiavo remains very much with us. Polls show that most people believe that her dehydration was just and proper because she was so impaired. But perhaps our inner voice, the part of us that never lies, sees it differently. Perhaps the reason Terri Schiavo comes so quickly to mind whenever we hear stories about “miraculous” awakenings, is that we remain profoundly disturbed by what we did to her, haunted it would seem, by her beautifully smiling face.

We should be haunted, because her murder is just a glimpse of what will come under Obamacare.

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Wesley J. Smith has written a fantastic piece about Terri.

[ConorMacNessa]

Her end was nothing but murder, pure and simple. It's coming to us all now with the decisions about who will be given care coming from nameless bureaucrats. Satan is dancing with delight over the passage of this bill - Reid, Pelosi and Obama are nothing more than his mouthpieces, and the rest of the Democrat Party is in lockstep with them.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[MHGinTN]

What ultimately killed murdered Terri Schiavo was Jeb Bush's inability to take a moral stand as Governor of Florida. Cowardice killed Terri.

[wagglebee]

And Florida’s current governor (and senate candidate) Charlie Crist is also culpable in Terri’s murder.

[chris37]

The Terry Schiavo story was the first time that I began to realize that there is something terribly, terribly wrong going on in this country.

We are supposed to defend and help those who cannot help themselves, not murder them by starvation and dehydration. This woman was made to suffer.

I hope that anyone that was personally involved in what was done to her burns in Hell for eternity, because that is what they deserve.

[Steely Tom]

Terri Schiavo isn't the story we have to be worried about.

Anne Frank is the story we have to be worried about.

[ExTexasRedhead]

MengeleCare that Congress intends to be their Final Solution for enemies of their State.

[DJ MacWoW]

her autopsy stated that the condition of her brain was consistent with either PVS or minimal consciousness

This isn't true. Such a determination can only be made on a living brain. And the doctor that did the autopsy stated as much. What he did say was that there was damage. I still get steamed by writers that misstate what was said.

Polls show that most people believe that her dehydration was just and proper

Because they weren't told the truth.

[Beowulf9]

The thing that gets me is she had a feeding tube because she would silently aspirate food into her lungs if she ate by mouth...so the husband finally decided (because she was not ‘with it’) to cut the tube and let her starve to death?

Man, wouldn’t it be better to let the girl eat and die at least hydrated and feeling full?

[wagglebee]

I no longer have the link to Terri’s autopsy report. However, I think the author (Wesley J. Smith) was referring to the report that Mikey Schiavo had written, Wesley Smith is very close to the Schindlers and was definitely on Terri’s side.

[DJ MacWoW]

I still get teed off. You understand.

[DJ MacWoW]

They don’t know if she’d aspirate because the judge ordered that no one was to feed her by mouth. Her brother and sister were caught feeding her and barred from visiting again.

[wagglebee]

I do too. But I get the maddest at the supposedly conservative FReepers who say that we should just forget about Terri and “move on”.

[DJ MacWoW]

Can’t move on. Won’t either. :-)

[wagglebee]

I’ve told more than a few pro-death FReepers that when innocent people are no longer subject to state-supported murder I will quit talking about it.

[DJ MacWoW]

Unfortunately those become very heated discussions. For them, it’s about money. For us, it’s about the right to live.

[FR_addict]

When we allowed the State of Florida to kill an innocent woman by dehydrating her to death, it marked a turning point in our nation. We now see that Terri was just the beginning. Seniors and people with disabilities are the next targets. Anyone who doesn’t meet the left’s guidelines for a productive life will be on the list.