Common Sense takes an A$$ Whipping!

[jimbeaux]

This woman is not "brain dead" or breathing on a machine(situations that have led to letting people die naturally). Speech therapists say that she can almost utter words. Her husband stopped the therapy. He has a history of domestic abuse and it is wondered by many if her "accidental falling" may not be so. Her husband is the only one anxious to let her die. Her family and Governor Bush of Florida are pleading for her life. The courts sided with the husband. As we speak, her tube has been removed and she is starving & dehydrating at this moment; this is unbearable! Look at her photo, she is brain-damaged, not brain dead! The congress has assembled for emergency legislation to pass a bill for this woman to "have the same consideration as those in prison on death row". President Bush changed his schedule to fly back to Washington to sign the bill if it is passed. Congress is not trying to upsurp law, just give a more balanced playing field to the family. This is but one instance of the left wing judiciary throwing what should be obvious common sense and moral acts out the window! This is one of two emotional issues going on in the nationwide media at this instance illustrating the problem with left wing judges; the other involves a 9 year old girl and a sex offender which, for brevity sakes, I will post later.

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7212079/

[devdog]

At least the link isn't to yet more Fox News propaganda

If you read the whole article especially the link below you will get a more balanced view.

look here

>> Edited by devdog on Sunday 20th March 19:04

[seafarer]

I thought she went into a coma due to a siezure caused by severe drop in electrolytes as a result of vomiting while malnurished/dehydrated (she was bulimic). Which is not to say that it's her own fault or anything, she had a psychiatric disorder as well as this health problem. And her husband isn't too nice either. It's complicated. My impression on it was that she was comatose or catatonic, ie in such a state that she couldn't do anything for herself or interact with world, but just in a stupor as far as they could tell.
Is it realistic to think that she can recover speech and other brain functions? At what point do you decide that it's unkind to keep someone suspended in such a state or that there's reasonable hope of recovery to some level of functioning?

[tinman0]

jimbeaux said:

He has a history of domestic abuse and it is wondered by many if her "accidental falling" may not be so.

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cnn.com said:

On February 25, Terry Schiavo, 26, collapses in her home from what doctors believe is a potassium imbalance. Oxygen flow to her brain is interrupted for about five minutes, causing permanent damage. A court rules that she is incapacitated and her husband, Michael Schiavo, is appointed as her legal guardian.