Fifteen minutes of choking to death sounds like a lynching

[Ian David]

This is from a friend's post in Livejournal

stouthunter (stouthunter) wrote,
@ 2005-12-30 14:56:00

Where was George Bush this time? Where was right to life?

http://cbs11tv.com/topstories/local_story_348124802.html

What the story doesn't tell is she was (unlike Terry Schiavo) was conscious and responsive when the ventilator was turned off.

http://dailykos.com/tag/Tirhas%20Habtegiris


"Baylor Regional Medical Center, gave her family 10 days notice and then pulled the respirator themselves. They pulled it, without asking her, while Tirhas was still conscious and perfectly aware that she was being deliberately suffocated. They pulled it while her family was there to watch the process, even though the family disagreed with decision. Tirhas suffocated consciously and knowingly for about 15 minutes."

http://shotofpolitics.blogspot.com/2005/12/if-you-dont-have-money-in-this-country.html



Why no Republican intervention?
1) She wasn't white.
2) She had no insurance.
3) She was an immigrant, legal, but an immigrant.
Don't think it doesn't happen? I saw one patient denied the cath lab on Christmas eve because he had no insurance.

Where profits kill people is where I become enraged.

15 minutes to die. Fifteen minutes to slowly suffocate. Tookie Williams had a more merciful death. Someone justify that to me.

Where were all the media warriors that carried signs for Terry? Where was Frist? Where was Dobson? Where was Robertson? Where was Bush?

Fifteen minutes to choke like a lynching.

More:
http://stouthunter.livejournal.com/1310.html



See also:

The Futile Care Law," aka "W's Law"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=179660&mesg_id=179885


If they do, bring this up... LOUDLY...The Futile Care Law... aka "W's Law"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2047018&mesg_id=2047271

[Sparkman]

1. The Hippocratic Oath, like the presidential Oath of Office, dead in Texas?

WOW, what a crime.
Denying someone life support against their will!
Terry Schiavo got congressional intervention, oh the hypocracy.

[ulysses]

2. completely disgusting.

Thank you for this. :mad:

[1620rock]

3. Ummm, well torture is okay under any circumstances...

is it not? ....fucking slime ball money grubbing uncaring rat bastards!!! :mad:

[Sparkman]

4. Here's a link to the Senate & House Bill, passed in Mar, 2005...

From Mar. 20, 2005,

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/shiavo/bill31905.html

“Compromise Bill” Re: Terri Schiavo Signed Into Law

The “compromise bill” shown below was introduced on Saturday, March 19, 2005, passed by the
U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on Sunday, March 20, 2005, and signed into law by
President Bush early Monday morning on March 21, 2005.

According to lawyers for Terri Schiavo’s parents, the Bill is similar to a U.S. Senate Bill passed on
Thursday “tailored to give the Federal District Court jurisdiction in the Schiavo case,” while the Bill
originally proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives “sought broader legislation.”

SECTION 1. RELIEF OF THE PARENTS OF THERESA MARIE SCHIAVO.

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida shall have jurisdiction to hear,
determine, and render judgment on a suit or claim by or on behalf of Theresa Marie Schiavo for
the alleged violation of any right of Theresa Marie Schiavo under the Constitution or laws of the
United States relating to the withholding or withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment
necessary to sustain her life.

SEC. 2. PROCEDURE.

Any parent of Theresa Marie Schiavo shall have standing to bring a suit under this Act. The suit
may be brought against any other person who was a party to State court proceedings relating to
the withholding or withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment necessary to sustain the life of
Theresa Marie Schiavo, or who may act pursuant to a State court order authorizing or directing
the withholding or withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment necessary to sustain her life.
In such a suit, the District Court shall determine de novo any claim of a violation of any right of
Theresa Marie Schiavo within the scope of this Act, notwithstanding any prior State court
determination and regardless of whether such a claim has previously been raised, considered, or
decided in State court proceedings. The District Court shall entertain and determine the suit
without any delay or abstention in favor of State court proceedings, and regardless of whether
remedies available in the State courts have been exhausted.

SEC. 3. RELIEF.

After a determination of the merits of a suit brought under this Act, the District Court shall issue
such declaratory and injunctive relief as may be necessary to protect the rights of Theresa Marie
Schiavo under the Constitution and laws of the United States relating to the withholding or
withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment necessary to sustain her life.

<<Here I omitted some sec 4-8...>>

SEC. 9. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

It is the Sense of Congress that the 109th Congress should consider policies regarding the status
and legal rights of incapacitated individuals who are incapable of making decisions concerning the
provision, withholding, or withdrawal of foods, fluid, or medical care.

[killbotfactory]

5. Republicans prefer that people die if they can't afford health care

Hence their opposition to universal health insurance.

[renate]

6. what stinking hypocrisy....

The entire country watches as Bush returns from Camp David in the middle of the night to save the life of a woman whose next of kin said she would never have wanted to live on life support like that.

The entire country watches as... nothing happens to save the life of a woman who wants to stay alive just a little longer and whose next of kin are begging for her to stay on life support.

Racism? Economic classism? Is there any other possible explanation at all for the difference between the attention paid to Terri Schiavo and this woman?

[rateyes]

7. All done under a law signed by Bush while gov.

in TX, I bet.

[jasmeel]

8. I just sent an email to "Feminists" for Life and asked them

where Patricia "Women who are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserve unplanned joy" Heaton on this issue. She sure had a ton to say about Terri Schiavo.


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[BrklynLiberal]

9. Kicked and recommended