The young woman who had become the subject of a US euthanasia controversy passed away Thursday. Her parents were not allowed at her bedside, at the time of her death. Terri Schiavo’s estranged husband, Michael, had said that Terri would not have wanted to live in her “persistent vegetative stateâ€ÂÂ, just as her friends and family advised that Terri would not have chosen death by starvation and dehydration. Note: For those who still staunchly hold to their contentions that feeding and hydration tubes “maintain life artificially†(they do not), consider the fact that Terri was also denied any attempts to take ice chips, water or food orally. This was a deliberate and planned euthanasia, folks.
For any who wonder which side of the Schiavo case the ACLU weighed in on…it was the side chanting for Terri’s death. This is not a surprise, as it comes from an organization that is staunchly pro-death for all except the most heinous criminals…and ACLU members.
Terri’s family and friends had contradicted Michael Schiavo’s controversial assertions by saying that Terri would not have consented to any remote semblance of this type of death. Neither would she consent to her own murder. Also controversial was whether or not Terri was in a true ‘vegetative state’. Many doctors, other than Judge Greer’s court appointed physicians, had advised that Schiavo was probably not in a vegetative state but, in a state of “limited consciousnessâ€ÂÂ. Still others said that Terri was responsive, alert and strongly appeared to fully comprehend what had been communicated to her. During the court hearings on the Schiavo case, those who testified in favor of Terri’s life and her need for physical therapy essentially advised that Judge Greer would not consider testimony that contradicted that of Michael Schiavo. Sworn affidavits from those plaintiffs challenging Michael’s statements were presented to the court. Judge Greer summarily dismissed them. Requests for a P.E.T. scan and an MRI were refused by Judge Greer. Besides, from the court’s viewpoint, the case had gone on for far too long. Greer, Michael Schiavo and his euthanasia-advocate attorney Felos had, apparently, already decided that the disabled Terri Schiavo must die.
Multiple appeals of Judge Greer’s decision were attempted, including the US Congressional “Terri’s law†that was enacted and presented to Judge Greer. With perceptible contempt, Terri’s law was then ignored by Greer and the courts. The courts have seized the scepter and are now the lawmakers and rulers of the land. The other two government branches have been successfully rendered impotent and unnecessary. As an example, a De Novo review was requested by Congress and sent to federal Judge Whittemore. However, Whittemore declined the De Novo request; choosing, instead, to consent to Greer’s prior rulings. As evidenced in the Schiavo case, the Executive and Legislative branches now seem to cower in confrontations with judges. Congress is now an advisory panel to the judiciary’s power position.
Florida’s Adult Protective Services attempted to act upon Florida state law by taking Terri into protective custody. Judge Greer rendered that legitimate statute null and void when he ruled that it could not be acted upon. Judges trump all others. When Florida State Law Enforcement members advised the Pinellas County police that they were en route to take Terri Schiavo into protective custody (which was within that department’s legal authority and purview), the Pinellas police and Sheriff’s departments advised them that local law enforcement was ‘siding with Judge Greer’ and if they attempted to take Schiavo into protective custody, there would be a “showdownâ€ÂÂ. Local judiciaries are now trumping both state and federal Executive and Legislative branches of government. There is no more ‘balance of powers’ and, most certainly, ‘3 equal branches of government’ no longer exist.
For weeks we watched the media event, as a young woman fought for her right to live. If she had not maintained some level of sentience, she would not have battled death that strongly…and for so long. Now that she is now gone, there are those who are breathing a sigh of relief and quietly smiling to themselves. And, for the moment, evil has won. Terri’s autopsy has been requested by Michael Schiavo. Terri Schiavo, contrary to her family’s request, will be cremated and buried in the Schiavo family plot.
Terri’s friends and her family, the Schindlers, said she fought bravely for the many days she survived after her feeding and hydration tubes had been removed. But, others, in the name of indifferent depravity, were ultimately allowed to fulfill one of their final solutions…the highly-visible beginning exterminations of the disabled. The culture of death has now planted its fangs firmly into our throats. Via abortion on demand (with no concern as to the trimester), for years this cult has decided what constitutes the beginnings of life and whether or not that life should be born. Now, this sect has manipulated itself into the position of dictating the criteria that they decide is the end of life and which, if any, lives will be allowed to continue to live. Terri’s life was not one of them. Our prayers are with the Schindler family, Terri’s friends and all of the others who fought so valiantly for her life.
Now, do you hear the sucking sounds of the death cults’ mouths at your throats? Can you finally feel the blood gushing from your bodies into theirs? If not, both your senses and your humanity are already dead.
