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The Biden DOJ just sued Tennessee for making it a crime to knowingly transmit AIDS and HIV.They claim it violates disability rights.No, I am not kidding.(see link below)https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-tennessee-enforcing-state-law-discriminates-against-people-hiv

When politicians are cast into a negative spotlight, they usually recoil to their respective corners and wait out the storm. The last thing they’ll do is chime in on a popular event because doing so will only draw more attacks. But Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is not a regular politician. During last night’s Super Bowl, she didn’t just chime in. She did so with a Tweet that is already sending progressives into the unhinged depths of insanity.An ad by Toyota and Team USA Olympics highlighted the miraculous path by which world-record paralympic swimmer Jessica Long came to become a champion....

Former Senator Bob Dole, 89 years old and in a wheelchair, went onto to the floor of the Senate today to urge his former colleagues to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities. Mr. Dole, a disabled veteran, has been one of the leading voices urging ratification of the treaty, which seeks to bring the world closer to the high standard set by the Americans with Disabilities Act, the landmark civil-rights law enacted under President George H.W. Bush.

Vulnerable elderly and disabled people will feel pressured to end their lives if the law on assisted dying is relaxed. The Demos “commission” promises to examine all sides of the argument, but critics allege that its claims to be independent are undermined because it has received funding and support from campaigners to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill patients. Richard Hawkes, chief executive of the disability charity Scope, said there was “a desperate need” for an open debate on the issue of assisted suicide. But he continued: “We are deeply concerned that this pseudo ‘Commission’ will not reflect the concerns...

Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation Change's Name! For Immediate Release Contact: Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network, 727-490-7603, bschindler@terrisfight.org ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 16 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation has changed its name to the "Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network". "This new name better reflects the purpose of our organization -- to continue to develop and update our network to help families protect their loved ones from a very aggressive anti-life agenda taking control of our nation," said Director of Development, Suzanne Vitadamo. The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation was originally founded in the year 2000...

Most Swiss are in favour of assisted suicide, and would also support direct active euthanasia – a practice currently outlawed. But a Zurich University survey into public attitudes on these issues – the first of its kind in the country - also found a lack of support for “death tourism” where foreigners come to Switzerland to end their lives.The results of the poll of around 1,500 people, which was published by the university’s Criminology Institute on Thursday, come as the government considers proposals to tighten legislation on assisted suicide. "The main finding is that the Swiss population is rather...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) will have a special screening of the new documentary, “The Terri Schiavo Story” from Franklin Springs Family Media, at their national convention in June. Additionally, National Right to Life will be endorsing the film in their April edition of the National Right to Life News which is sent out to nearly 400,000 subscribers. NRLC State Organization and Development Director Jacki Ragan stated, “This story is one that pro-lifers ought to review once a year.” The NRLC review of the documentary goes on to say, “The DVD does an excellent job...

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH WorldNetDaily Exclusive Father: 'System' killing my disabled daughter 'If they treated a dog this way, they would be doing jail time' Posted: July 19, 2008 11:10 pm Eastern The father of a disabled Delaware woman who recently earned the support of state lawmakers says the system – of courts, lawyers, hospitals and disability agencies – literally is combining to bring about the death of his daughter. "The court system should not have the right to impose this kind of treatment on a mentally disabled person," Randy Richardson told WND today. His daughter, Lauren Richardson, has...

What the Disability Rights Movement Wants Eight things that need to happen to safeguard against non-voluntary euthanasia in the U.S. MEANINGFUL FEDERAL REVIEW Congressional action along the lines developed by Senators Harkin and Martinez in the U.S. Senate, providing for federal civil rights review of contested third party decisions to withhold treatment in the absence of an advance directive or personally appointed surrogate. CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF NON-VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA, ESTABLISHMENT OF SAFEGUARDS Congressional hearings or other examination of the appropriateness of further federal action to protect people from non-voluntary euthanasia based on the decisions of statutory guardians or health care providers....

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - After a federal appeals court panel rebuffed them yet again, Terri Schiavo's parents made another desperate attempt to keep their brain-damaged daughter alive, telling a judge that she tried to say "I want to live" just minutes before her feeding tube was removed a week ago. Pinellas Circuit Judge George Greer was expected to announce a decision by noon Saturday on the motion by Bob and Mary Schindler claiming their daughter said "AHHHHH" and "WAAAAAAA" when asked to repeat the phrase "I want to live." The appeal is seen as a long shot because Greer was...

He insists he doesn't want to kill me. He simply thinks it would have been better, all things considered, to have given my parents the option of killing the baby I once was, and to let other parents kill similar babies as they come along and thereby avoid the suffering that comes with lives like mine and satisfy the reasonable preferences of parents for a different kind of child. It has nothing to do with me. I should not feel threatened. Whenever I try to wrap my head around his tight string of syllogisms, my brain gets so fried it's...

CLEARWATER (FBW)-Mary said it has been a mother’s intuition this week that has kept her off the rollercoaster of emotions surrounding her disabled daughter’s case. “I knew Judge Greer was going to turn the motions down,” Mary Schindler told Florida Baptist Witness March 11. “He’s never done anything to help us before.” Schindler and her husband, Bob, are the parents of Terri Schiavo, the 41-year-old brain damaged woman and the center of a debate over what some say is the most definitive case yet for legalized euthanasia in the United States. Terri’s husband and legal guardian, Michael Schiavo, nearly a...

Michael Schiavo says that feeding a person through a tube is keeping that person alive artificially and his brain-damaged wife Terri Schiavo wants to be starved to death instead of given food and water through a feeding tube. Michael's lawyer, George Felos, is a "right-to-die" advocate who "knows" that Terri wants to be starved to death. (Read on.) And Judge Greer presumably applied the law to the facts, as he routinely does, and respected Terri's wish to die, based on what he considered "clear and convincing evidence." Even though it was oral. And tainted by the self-interest of Michael and...

Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Despite the contention of Terri Schiavo's estranged husband Michael and courts that have allowed him to starve her to death, a doctor nominated for the Nobel Prize says he believes medical therapies are still available that could help Terri party recover from her disabled state. Dr. William Hammesfahr is an internationally recognized expert on cases of brain-injured patients. He has been identified in helping patients with chronic brain injuries from many causes actually leave long term disability, and return to work. Terri Schiavo's injury, hypoxic encephalopathy, is a type of stroke that he treats every day...

Vatican, Mar. 07 (CWNews.com) - With a deadline looming for the removal of food and water from a brain-damaged Florida woman, the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has asked: "How can anyone who claims to speak of the promotion and protection of rights-- of human life-- remain silent?" Cardinal Renato Martino (bio - news) observed, in a March 7 public statement, that if feeding tubes are removed from Terri Schiavo, "She will die a horrible and cruel death." With a court-ordered date for the removal of those tubes quickly approaching, the cardinal asked: "How then have...

Most marriage vows don't include murder. Love and honor in sickness and health, yes. Starve to death, not usually. It is a shame that one must use a qualifier, but the case of a Florida man who wants his wife to die from lack of food and water defies the most basic notion of marriage. The ineptitude of judges in Florida only compounds this travesty of justice. On Friday, a court order expired that prohibited Michael Schiavo from depriving his disabled wife, Terri, of food and water until she dies. Terri is not able to feed herself, so she relies...

A judge has set a hearing for Wednesday to determine whether to make public a court document in which the Flordia Department of Children and Families is seeking last minute intervention in the case of Terri Schiavo.Circuit Judge George Greer set the hearing after the company that owns the Tampa Tribune sued to get access to the DCF petition. Lawyers say that the state wants to investigate possible abuse of the brain damaged woman by her husband who is seeking to remove the feeding tube keeping her alive.Governor Jeb Bush has said he will do anything he could legally to...

America suffers from the rule of judges supplanting the rule of law and the will of the people. Men in black robes, rather than legislators, are making and repealing laws. Man's laws and natural laws are being undermined not by legal reasoning but fiat.[2] Let us look at the judicial homicide case of Terri Schiavo. In 'virulent judicial activism,'[3] Circuit Judge George Greer of Pinellas County, Florida has recently stated he is no longer "comfortable" in granting Terri Schiavo another 'stay of execution.' And so, activist Judge Greer next issued a court order mandating that on March 18, 2005, Terri's...

"The Bottom Line" : Money Trumps Life With Northeast "RINOS" By Doug Wrenn Feb 27, 2005, 22:51 It never fails. I guess I just have one of those faces. Everywhere I go, total strangers just feel the need to come up and talk to me. Working long hours on the road, lunch, when I can get it, is often catch as catch can. I usually enjoy the solitude of eating in my car, often overlooking a scenic area if possible, and listening to the radio. One day last week, I had a little extra time and decided to eat like...

Although a judge set the date yesterday for Terri Schiavo's starvation to commence, supporters of the brain-damaged Florida woman say they are hopeful and plan to work virtually around the clock to spare her life. "By no means is this over," said Gary McCullough, spokesman for Terri Schiavo's parents Robert and Mary Schindler, after a decision yesterday by Pinellas Circuit Court Judge George Greer to remove their daughter's life-sustaining feeding tube March 18 at 1 p.m. McCullough told WorldNetDaily the Schindlers' lead attorney, David Gibbs, still sees numerous legal options while pro-life activists are upbeat about a growing wave of...