Network News

  • Euthanasia Ruling Worrying as Case Continues
  • 7/31/2011
  • (SPUC) - The latest new ruling by a English high court judge allowing euthanasia by omission is worrying, coming at the same time as another high court judge considers the M case, says a leading anti-euthanasia group.
  • No One Has the Right to Switch Off a Human Life: One Woman's Story
  • 7/30/2011
  • (Daily Mail) - Can you imagine a lonelier or more frightening place to be trapped in, unable to communicate, than your own body? These are terrifying times for anyone who cannot speak up for themselves. Whether they know it or not, they are lying prone in a world increasingly seduced by the idea that death is preferable to the life they are living.
  • Terri's Life & Hope Network July Newsletter!
  • 7/29/2011
  • (Terri's Life & Hope Network) - This past weekend, my sister Suzanne and I were honored to speak at the "Being Faithful, Even Unto Death: Catholic Wisdom of the Treatment of the Disabled and Dying" conference in Kansas City, KS sponsored by the St.Gianna Physician's Guild.
  • Terri's Fight Continues
  • 7/28/2011
  • (stltoday.com) - The death of Terri Schindler Schiavo in 2005 is a distant memory for most Americans. But for the family that spent seven years fighting Terri's estranged husband and the court system to stop the starvation of their daughter and sister, recollections of the 13 days Terri lingered without food or water before finally succumbing to death remain vivid and painful.
  • Cardinal Burke: 'Human Life Is a Gift to Be Accorded the Highest Respect and Care'
  • 7/27/2011
  • (EWTN News/CNA) - At a Kansas City conference on end-of-life care, Cardinal Raymond Burke said that suffering does not cause a person to have less meaning in his life, nor does it give the government the right to decide if that person should live or die.
  • 'Allowed to Die' - A Quick Lesson in Media Manipulation
  • 7/26/2011
  • (LifeSiteNews.com) - On Saturday the Daily Mail ran a poll with the question, "Should 'minimally conscious' patients be allowed to die? As of this writing (on Saturday), 29% said No, 71% said yes. I have to wonder though, if the people who clicked Yes had given much thought to the form of the question.
  • Mother Fights to Get Treatment for Her Brain Injured Daughter
  • 7/25/2011
  • (Fox43.com) - A mom is fighting to get treatment for her severely injured daughter. 18-year old Corey Beattie suffered a traumatic brain injury, also known as T.B.I., nine months ago in a devastating car accident. She also sustained a broken neck, and multiple fractures.
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Effects 'Long Lasting'
  • 7/24/2011
  • (Serious Injury Law) - The effects of traumatic brain injury last a long time after the initial incident, research has shown. A study published in journal Annals of Neurology discovered microglial activation in vivo up to 17 years after a traumatic brain injury took place.
  • Cardinal Raymond Burke to Headline End-of-Life Conference This Weekend
  • 7/22/2011
  • (National Catholic Reporter) - The conference is sponsored by the St. Gianna Physician's Guild and is billed as presenting "medical, legal and doctrinal analysis of Catholic care of the disabled and dying." Cardinal Burke is to speak at 9:15 a.m. July 23. The title of his talk is "The Mystery of Human Suffering and Dying."
  • German Docs Keep Ban on Assisted Suicide
  • 7/21/2011
  • (BioEdge) - After a heated debate German doctors have voted to maintain a ban on doctors assisting patients who wish to commit suicide. The vote was convincing: 166 against 56, with 7 abstentions.