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To: PROLIFE who wrote (675995)	3/19/2005 10:23:53 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

It is the trap that the conservative Christian movement has always been in danger of falling into: The mass-murder of tens of millions of unborn Americans by rutting-pig feminist “women” since Roe v Wade is being allowed to become equivalent to the fight against allowing this useless vegetable to die naturally, and her family to move on and reach closure for a death that occurred 15 years ago. It is pure cruelty, and, worse, it is driven by pure ignorance. All the drivel about how the empty body turns to the sun when a curtain is opened makes the conservative Christians sound like the Addam’s Family without the comedy. And the fight against secularism and the REAL holocaust is weakened by Christians irresponsibly abandoning their own credibility for their own version of Princess Dianna. And, ironically, those same Christians will wonder-someday-how the gap was created, and the truly BRUTAL enforcers of the New American Renaissance got through it. THAT will be nothing new under the sunlight of history…

To: PROLIFE who wrote (675995)	3/19/2005 11:48:00 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

A reporter changes his mind... LIFE AND DEATH TUG OF WAR Philly columnist changes mind on Terri Schiavo 'Uncomfortable details' lead him to side with her parents Posted: February 26, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com A Philadelphia Inquirer columnist who believes in the "right to die" has changed his mind about the Terri Schiavo case, pointing to "uncomfortable details" about her estranged husband that now lead him to side with the parents of the brain-damaged Florida woman, who are fighting to keep her alive. John Grogan said in a column published today, "I no longer so blithely believe Schiavo's feeding tubes should be pulled and her life allowed to end. I'm no longer so sure her parents do not deserve a say in their daughter's future. I no longer am totally comfortable assuming her husband, Michael, who now has two children by another woman, is acting unselfishly." Michael Schiavo has been living with his fiance Jodi Centonze since 1995 and has said he will marry her upon the death of his wife. Grogan said he hasn't changed his opinion that everyone has a right to "die with dignity," but he believes that in the Schiavo case, the "devil is in the details, uncomfortable details that raise sticky moral dilemmas." Terri Schiavo suffered severe brain damage in 1990 after collapsing. Michael Schiavo attributes it to a chemical imbalance caused by an eating disorder, but parents Robert and Mary Schindler believe he may have tried to strangle her. Michael Schiavo contends his wife told him she never would want to be kept alive artificially. But Grogan points out Terri Schiavo's heart and lungs function on their own, and she requires only a feeding tube that might not be necessary if she were given physical therapy. The columnist notes Michael Schiavo, as her legal guardian, has forbidden any therapy. "If [Terri] Schiavo merely required spoon feeding instead of tube feeding, would anyone seriously be arguing to withhold food and water?" Grogan asked. "Does not every human, no matter how incapacitated, deserve sustenance?" Grogan also is concerned about abuse allegations against Michael Schiavo and believes they should be investigated. The allegations "may be nothing but scurrilous rumor spread to damage his credibility," he wrote. "But what if there is even a tiny chance he is guilty of abuse? Should such a person be in a position to decide this life-and-death issue?" When it comes to who is best to decide, Grogan wrote, it's clear that Terri Schiavo's parents "have proved themselves nothing if not fiercely loyal, utterly committed parents. They might be misguided. They might be in denial. But no one can argue their devotion. They have not given up. They have not stopped caring. They have not stopped loving. Who are we, as a society, to tell them they must? Grogan concluded: Clearly, Schiavo's husband has moved on to a new life, and who can blame him? It's been 15 long years. But parents cannot move on. Parents cannot give up. Their child will always be the precious gift they brought into the world. If the Schindlers want to dedicate the rest of their lives and resources to caring for their brain-damaged daughter, if they want to shower her with attention and affection she likely will never recognize, who among us will tell them they cannot It won't be me. worldnetdaily.com