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  • The Rule of Terri's Case Strikes Again

    01/31/2004 7:36:49 AM PST · by FR_addict · 314 replies · 1,022+ views
    www.terrisfight.org ^ | 1/30/2004 | Wesley J. Smith
    THE "RULE OF TERRI'S CASE" has struck again. The term was coined by Pat Anderson, attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents Bob and Mary Schindler, who complained: "If following a legal procedure will likely result in Terri dying, it will be adhered to. But if a procedure could make that outcome more difficult to attain, it will not be followed." Anderson's complaint has ample evidentiary support. For example, under Florida law, Terri should have a court-appointed guardian ad litem to exclusively represent her interests. But, Judge George Greer, of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, refused to allow one for Terri in the...
  • Stem Cell News That Isn't Fit For Print

    12/03/2003 9:24:36 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 15 replies · 540+ views
    Weekly Standard ^ | 12/03/2003 | Wesley J. Smith
    The mainstream media is ignoring promising news about adult stem cell researchMEDIA BIAS is alive and well and busily promoting the brave new world. I personally experienced the phenomenon recently when I participated in an educational symposium in Frankfort, Kentucky (along with Drs. David Prentice and John Hubert). Our purpose was to provide empirical and moral support for pending state legislation that would outlaw human cloning in Kentucky. (Similar laws have already passed in Michigan, Iowa, North Dakota, and Arkansas.) We spoke about regenerative medicine (using cellular treatments to repair injured or damaged organs), the science of human cloning (how...