| Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network Monthly Newsletter! Patients Starve and Die of Thirst on Hospital Wards (The Telegraph) - Forty-three hospital patients starved to death last year and 111 died of thirst while being treated on wards, new figures disclose today. CONTINUE Woman Who Fought to Die Has Change of Heart (ABC News) - A terminally ill woman who battled her deeply religious parents in court over her right to die has had a change of heart. CONTINUE CatholicTV Takes On Doctor-Prescribed Suicide! Watch a panel of experts and a live studio audience of concerned Catholics speak openly on physician-assisted suicide. WATCH HERE! Lawsuit: Organ Donor Network's 'Shameful Practices' ( silive.com) - The New York Organ Donor Network pressured hospitals to declare patients brain dead to facilitate organ harvesting, including one instance where a patient showed a "clear sign" of brain activity during transplant surgery at Richmond University Medical Center, a lawsuit charges. CONTINUE Request Speaker: If you would like someone from Terri's Life & Hope Network to speak at an upcoming event, please call 1.855.300.HOPE (4673) or CLICK HERE to read more! Teens Beat 'Mentally Challenged' Woman for Fun (Washington Post) - Four teenage girls were being held Friday on $50,000 bail on charges they beat a neighbor on her stoop just "for fun" and then posted cellphone video of the attack on Facebook, authorities said. CONTINUE Hippocrates' Last Stand (NRO) - Imagine it's 1967. Abortion, except in rare cases, is illegal everywhere in the United States. You can't imagine that in 45 years abortion will be one of the most contentious political issues in America, and that virtually everyone in the country will be touched by it. CONTINUE Good News for Euthanasia Advocates - Deaths Are Up (Vancouver Sun) - The slippery slope just keeps on get-ting longer and steeper. When the debate about euthanasia began in the Netherlands decades ago, proponents insisted that it should and would only be made available to terminally ill, elderly people, who were suffering and in full control of their mental faculties. Period. CONTINUE  | Can you help us? Without your support, we could not continue to be in a position to educate those on health care reform, imposed death, health care rationing and so much more. Terri’s Network has communicated with and provided resources for thousands of families and have been involved in hundreds of cases. Please consider helping us today by CLICKING HERE! to make a safe and secure donation. Thank you! | | | Assisted Suicide Gains Support in Massachusetts (Ballot News) - As November 6 approaches, new polls show Question 2 and Question 3 with significant and growing support. However, prominent health care providers and other groups continue to fight back, releasing statements of opposition to both measures. CONTINUE Battling Back From a Traumatic Brain Injury (SFGate) - Much of the recent attention on traumatic brain injury has focused on the increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases doctors think recurrent injuries may lead to. But transportation accidents and falls, particularly among the elderly, are leading causes of TBI, and one serious head injury can be devastating. CONTINUE Follow us on Facebook! Click here to join the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope FAN Page. Be sure to click on the LIKE button! Collin Raye: His Love Remains: After 16 #1 hits, country music superstar Collin Raye releases his first groundbreaking, spiritual/inspirational CD. LISTEN HERE! |