DarjeelinGirl

We just said she should have had the right to live.

Schiavo autopsy shows irreversible brain damage

The Associated Press
Updated: 8:02 p.m. ET June 15, 2005

LARGO, Fla. - An autopsy on Terri Schiavo backed her husband’s contention that she was in a persistent vegetative state, finding that she had massive and irreversible brain damage and was blind, the medical examiner’s office said Wednesday.

Doesn’t that still leave room for suspicion that foul play put her in such a condition? But this article’s headline implies that people think her death was caused by foul play…

Terri Schiavo: No foul play

…Thogmartin also said she did not appear to have suffered a heart attack and there was no evidence that she was given harmful drugs or other substances prior to her death.

She died from dehydration, Thogmartin said.

Duh.

We all knew that. We all watched it happen. We all watched our country’s laws allow it to happen.

No matter how the culture of death tries to confuse the issue, Terri deserved to live. We are called to care for the weak, give to the poor, sacrifice for the needy. We have no right to demand that other people make our lives more conveeeeeeient by offering them the so-called “right to die” just because their lives aren’t pleasant or easy.

All we said was that she should have had the right to live.

Update: here’s the pdf to the autopsy
Michelle Malkin’s take with links
La Shawn Barber’s Corner with links
Mediaculpa was the blog that got me thinking here

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