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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:20 AM Original message |
"Congress Steps in on Schiavo Case" --Fundies to introduce |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. Ironic How Obsessed Fundies Are With Preserving Our Physical Body |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It is, and I'm afraid that many who read and post on DU don't |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Consider that god they all think they're gonna face |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. That poor woman! |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes, and if the far right gets its way, it won't be just that poor woman. |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. Congress has no business telling us what to do with |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. Some examples from a recent Newsday article: |
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xkenx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. I Don't Agree |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Terri's case was determined by a court |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. You are misinformed. The right-to-life organizations are driving |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Her Parents wishes don't count |
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CindyDale (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Actually, this case isn't about pulling a plug |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. To the contrary; She IS on life support |
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CindyDale (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. That is controversial |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Anything can be controversial. |
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CindyDale (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. It is different to me in that respiratory and cardiac functions |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. But that's not the case for Terri Schiavo. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. A STRAW? |
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CindyDale (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I've inserted and removed feeding tubes |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. It did in Schiavo's case. But then maybe I'm thinking of the |
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CindyDale (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. As I understand it, she has a nasogastric tube |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. She has a gastrostomy tube, a PEG. |
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CindyDale (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Sorry! You are right. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. But that's just purposeful, faulty logic on their part. |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Does Terri have an ng tube? |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. See #38. She has a PEG. The parents want to leave the port |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 08:03 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Ok, I didn't think it was normal for a patient who needed |
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CindyDale (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. There have been cases involving both NG and gastrostomy in Florida |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Since she has little to no cerebral cortex left, |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. The National Right to Life organization may define it that way-- |
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CindyDale (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. You are right, but I have never thought of it that way |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Cindy, that feeding tube is the only thing keeping this woman's |
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CindyDale (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I haven't seen Terri, and I would not want to make this decision |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. but . . . |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. Sorry, as I've said on the Schiavo thread... |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. The HMOs and the pharmaceutical companies wouldn't hate it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I'm not as confident as you are, unfortunately. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. These fuckers can't accept that adult can make their own choices |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. One sure way to kill it |
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bullimiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. the florida fundie-dorks and jeb already stuck their big noses in |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. They've already dragged this thing out for what, a dozen years? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. Why would anyone support a law that lets the state arbitrarily choose |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. MORE about the bill, from sptimes: |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. This is so disgusting....Yep Terri is now the Human float for the right to |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I don't know how Schiavo or anyone else who cares about her |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. modifying the law |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. Kick for an important topic. Janx is right, they aren't going to let this |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Look at this particular motion: |
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humanriteswritlarge (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Deciding not to insert a feeding tube is a big deal |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Any good Speech-Language Pathologist who has had training |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. If they claim that Terri can eat..though it takes alot of time and care |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. She can't eat. No way. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
53. What is wrong with her having her own advocate? |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. It's been done: |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. No it hasn't |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. She already has one. Her husband. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. her husband the adulterer |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. The doctors pronounced her brain dead. Not the (gasp) adulterer. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 05:52 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. and if that is truely the case |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. She is in a persistent vegitative state!! |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-05 05:53 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. He should DIVORCE her |
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