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HOUSTON, Texas, May 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Andrea Clark’s family is rejoicing today after a new doctor took over the critically ill woman’s care and helped convince St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital to end futility proceedings.“I’m so happy I don’t know what to think, or say, or do,” Ms. Clark’s sister, Melanie Childers, said in an email to ProLifeBlogs, where updates on the battle to save Andrea were posted almost daily. “Not only is my sister not going to be put to death by St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, but it also looks like she is recovering from her heart surgery,...

Terri's Day needs financial support: Battle cry for culture of life success Kevin Fobbs May 1, 2006 In America, we put a price on everything except on life and the right to live. In the last couple months I have been told that a life once over is done, finished, kaput... not essential because it's over. When you probe a little deeper about what if it was their life which was treated with such indifference, or what if their little son or daughter were murdered right in front of nearly 300 million onlookers and literally torn from their loving embrace...

As a patient of St. Luke's Hospital in Houston, TX, Andrea Clark is in an extremely precarious position. Andrea, 54, suffered complications following open heart surgery that left her dependent upon a ventilator and dialysis for survival. Although her motor control faculties were damaged, according to her family, her cognitive abilities were unaffected. On April 19, St. Luke's informed Andrea's closest kin that her medical care would be discontinued in 10 days; an ethics committee decided to "pull the plug" in a flagrant act of (passive) euthanasia. Andrea has insurance and wants treatment. Her current doctor says "no". Through the...

Andrea Clark Is Not the Only One Even experienced Right to Life attorneys find the case of Andrea Clark to be shocking. Your continued efforts on her behalf are much appreciated by Andrea's family. However, Andrea is not the only person whose life is endanger. Jerri Lynn Ward (Texas Advanced Directives Blog) explains: I represent Andrea Clark and the family. I came to represent the family because I signed up on the registry of health care providers and referral groups that have volunteered their readiness to consider assisting families in the situation where the present attending physician and hospital ethics...