Monday, January 23, 2006

The sanctity of Haleigh's life

Haleigh Poutre's story is saddening and maddening tragic. The 11-year-old Massachussetts girl was abused for years before she was finally beaten into a coma by her stepfather and now deceased mother. The state - supposedly looking out for Haleigh's best interests - fought and won to have her life support removed. Doctors claimed she was in a permanent vegetative state with no hope of recovery. The only problem? They were wrong. Haleigh started breating on her own and may come out of the coma. (Would you want those doctors treating you?) Now Gov. Romney has launched an investigation into how the case has been handled by the state. (Quite poorly, I would say.)

Additionally, "See B.S." News inexplicably has turned Haleigh's plight into a "right-to-die" case. What. The. Foosball??? As Michael Graham quite rightly states:
Right to die? Where did that come from? Nobody has even suggested that Haleigh wants DSS to pull her feeding tube. And because Haley's condition has improved, DSS has for the moment announced they aren't going to. And even if someone testified Haleigh had expressed an opinion on life-saving medical care, what difference would that make? She's ELEVEN.

Exactly. Flipping. RIGHT! "See B.S." News - America's main source for "fake, but accurate" reporting - has absolutely no business calling this a "right-to-die" case. This is a right-to-life case. Haleigh is breathing on her own now after months of being on a ventilator and she eventually may come out of her supposedly irreversible coma. "Right-to-die," indeed! The mind boggles at "See B.S." News' deplorable, death-loving mentality.

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