Terri Schaivo : Vatican Appeal
A Vatican official launched an appeal to save Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman whose husband wants her off life-support care. On Wednesday a Florida judge ordered the tube delivering food and water to Schiavo kept in place another 48 hours. Pinellas County Circuit Judge George Greer said he needed time to consider legal challenges raised by the woman's parents, including the possibility that her husband, Michael Schiavo, was unfit to act as her guardian. In statements on Vatican Radio, Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said: "If Mr. Schiavo succeeds legally in causing the death of his wife, this not only would be tragic in itself, but would be a grave step toward the legal approval of euthanasia in the United States." He added: "I would like to remind everyone in this connection, about all that the Holy Father has said in past days to the Pontifical Academy for Life, confirming that the quality of life is not interpreted as economic success, beauty and physical pleasure, but consists in the supreme dignity of the creature made in the image and likeness of God. "No one can be the arbiter of life except God himself."
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You know it seems kind of sad that Scott Peterson just gets an injection and fades away yet Terry Schaivo must endure a pain. "They" have decided that her life shall end and will not make it comfortable. Imagine what the ACLU would do if They starved Scott Peterson. Not the same for Terry. Terry has committed no crime and her parents are willing to take care of her and possibly re habilitate her. In my opinion the medical industry does not want her to survive. It would set a presidence. So If they are going to kill her at least make here comfortable. I pray for her sole.
It is pretty sad that our laws won't allow us to euthanize Terri, instead she must starve to death.I mean we treat our animals better. I can understand keeping someone alive who has a chance for recovery but in Terri's case she has been diagnosed as brain dead. She should be allowed to pass comfortably via lethal injection. She is 15 years late for her appointment with god, who are we to keep her bottled up in solitary confinement in her damaged brain.
It seems very sad to me that the religious right demonstrates their lack to true belief in this fruitless struggle. The arms of God are open to receive Terri. Let her go to the peace and fulfillment that awaits all of us.
It seems very sad to me that the religious right demonstrates their lack to true belief in this fruitless struggle. The arms of God are open to receive Terri. Let her go to the peace and fulfillment that awaits all of us.
IF, only 1/2 of 1% of the religious right or political budinski's ever experienced or endured or witnessed a vegetative state brain-dead human, they'd soon shut up and let the one that would know best,;her spouse decide when the suffering must end. The media shows pictures making her look like she is 'smiling!' All that shows is no control of facial muscles. One year of being forcefully fed, having no control of any muscles, speech, bowel or bladder control, just to mention a few, is a nightmare for both the patient and the family, but 15 years? Get real, the government has no business in this decision and if this case was in ANY other state but Florida, where the governor is the President's brother, it would have never lasted this long!
IS IT NOT OBVIOUS TO THOSE THAT ARE QUOTING THE LORD, THAT THE LORD MADE HIS DECISION 15 YEARS AGO BUT MEDICAL INTERVENTION HAS KEPT HER ALIVE. THIS IS NOT NATURAL, A FEEDING TUBE IS NOT NATURAL. IF THE LORD WANTS HER TO LIVE HE WILL PROVIDE HER WITH THE ABILITY TO EAT AND DRINK. I AM HER AGE AND MY HUSBAND KNOWS THAT I WOULD NOT WANT TO LIVE LIKE SHE IS NOW,SHE HAS ONLY LIVED BY LIFE SUPPORT.
Here is what is sad that our once great nation has turned into a Nazi Germany. For it was the Nazi's that put disabled people to death AND NOW WE HAVE EVIL WICKED jUDGES IN THIS COUNTRY THAT ARE HANDING DOWN A DEATH SENTENCE TO AN INNOCENT woman who for all anyone knows never said she wanted to be put to death if she was incapacitated. This woman from what I see is not in a Coma nor is she a vegtable but these wicked men for what ever reason want to end her life. If God wanted her life to have ended then He would have had her die even though she was on tube feeding. Denying food and water is murder! MURDER! MURDER! and the Good Lord will punish all those who shed inocent blood. God have mercy on them as they had mercy on Terri.
I am sick and tired of people trying to play God and state that Teri should be left to die. If God wanted her to have died she would have long ago without their murderous hands. Evedently none of these people know the true God or his Laws "Thou Shalt Not Kill"
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