DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Six Years Ago on March 18, Terri Schiavo was Forced to Die:

Terri Schiavo's Feeding Tube Removed
6 years ago, Congress tries to halt dehydration death of incapacitated woman

March 18, 2011 (WND) – It was six years ago, on March 18, 2005, that the feeding tube which provided sustenance to 41-year-old Terri Schiavo was removed. As the world watched, she was forced to dehydrate to death over the next 13 days.

The disconnected feeding tube heralded victory for Schiavo's estranged husband, Michael Schiavo, in his 11-year court battle with her parents and siblings over her life. The latter fought to preserve it.

In what some legal minds decry as "judicial homicide," the Florida circuit court judge who ordered the feeding tube removed went even further in his ruling by barring Schiavo from receiving any oral hydration or nutrition. Guards stood near Schiavo's hospice bedside to ensure that not so much as an ice chip touched her lips.

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