Re: Terri Schiavo denied Last Rites

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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (michael price) wrote:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Calvert) wrote in message
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> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gerald Lichtcsien) wrote in message
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> > > Sounds like the battle of the bullheads.
> > >       Phil, thanks for posting the report.
> > > But --- something is missing.  Removal of a feeding tube does not mean
> > > the patient is forbidden sustenance.  
> > >     Is there another side of this octagon?
> > 
> > Gerald,
> > 
> > Your bewilderment is understandable.  The desire not to be kept alive
> > by artificial means is not the same as a desire not to live at all. 
> > Nevertheless, Judge Greer ordered that no one is allowed to try to
> > feed Terri.  In fact, there are two policemen guarding her to make
> > sure that no one does.  Judge Greer wouldn't even allow a trial period
> > of therapy and rehabilitation to see if it would be possible for Terri
> > to be spoon fed.  In other words, her husband, his lawyers, and the
> > judge are intent on killing her.
> 
>   She's been dead for years. ...

€  Brain dead?

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