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June 28 another Terri Schiavo avertedTell me if you've heard this one before: A married couple has some difficulties in their marriage. One of them ends up in the hospital, diagnosed as "brain dead" (a very subjective term in the "science" of medicine). After being declared brain dead, but kept alive with a feeding tube and air tube, their spouse signs an order to have the tubes removed. The family of the "brain dead" person pleads with the spouse to no avail. They then go to the courts to get the feeding tube replaced. Am I talking about Terri Schiavo? No, because this person is still alive, because the courts allowed the family to feed him again. He is now awake and communicating. Injured man's awakening called 'miracle'
PHOENIX — Eighteen days after his wife instructed doctors to disconnect food and water tubes, a Chandler, Ariz. man is sitting up in his hospice bed, giving the thumbs-up sign and communicating with visitors. Jesse Ramirez Jr.'s awakening, which friends called "a miracle," occurred after his sister, parents and other relatives went to court and obtained an emergency order for feeding and hydration tubes to be reinserted, reversing a directive given by his wife, Rebecca Ramirez. Judge Paul Katz announced the news Tuesday during a Maricopa County Superior Court hearing. Relatives had been in a three-week battle over the 36-year-old postal worker's fate, and who should control it. Ramirez suffered brain injuries in a May 30 automobile accident. He regained consciousness on Sunday. "He is awake," confirmed Judith Morse, an attorney appointed by Katz to investigate legal, ethical and medical issues. "He is able to respond to verbal commands. He is aware of who he is and who his family members are." No further information about Ramirez's condition was available. Morse also announced that Rebecca Ramirez and
her in-laws had reached a settlement in the dispute over Ramirez's
care. An independent guardian will be appointed to make medical
decisions. Let's hope that we, as a society and a culture, learn from the Terri Schaivo mistake and err on the side of life. June 18 great way to limit abortionsThis is a great (and creative) way to limit the number of abortions taking place in our country - regulate them into non-existence! Abortion Bill Could Force Changes at Planned Parenthood Jefferson City, Mo. - Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri is studying how it could comply with new abortion requirements. At issue is a measure that Governor Blunt is expected to sign into law. It would require any facility that performs more than five first-trimester abortions a month, or any second- or third-trimester abortions, to meet licensure requirements for an "ambulatory surgical center." That means doors and hallways would have to be wider. Ambulatory surgical centers also must meet requirements for emergency equipment, infection control, medical staffing and numerous other things. A Planned Parenthood official says it will cost substantially more than one million dollars at each of its abortion clinics to comply. Tags: abortion Planned Parenthood pro-choice pro-life Missouri June 06 Finally, a true authority speaks...In the abortion "debate", so much of the argument boils down to emotions, which then degrades to ad hominem attacks, while straying from any facts and figures. It is because of this type of downward spiral that it is always refreshing to have someone with intelligence, a calm demeanor, and all the facts available who is able to guide us to a logical conclusion. May I present to you: Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian supermodel, ex-girlfriend of noted environmental expert, Leondardo diCaprio, and now moral theologian and Bishop of Brazil. According to this Reuters article, Gisele believes that, "Church opposition to condom use was ridiculous and women should have the right to choose on abortion." Her basis for this radical new position on the abortion issue? The facts - specifically: when the Church
made its laws centuries ago, women were expected to be virgins.
"Today no one is a virgin when they get married ... show me someone who's a virgin!" This reminds me of a conversation that I had with my in-laws a few years after my wife and I got married. They knew that we were waiting until marriage, before we had sex, but they thought we were in a very small minority. My father-in-law said, "Boy, I bet there's not many people like you two." We replied, "As a matter of fact, we've been to 4 weddings this year, and 3 of them were of virgins marrying virgins, while the 4th one was a virgin marrying a girl who reformed her life and had remained celibate for over 5 years prior to marriage." There is a common misconception that everybody out there is having sex before marriage. This used to be known as peer pressure, but now, it is no longer just your peers applying the pressure - it appears to be the entire society. In reality, over half of all teenagers are choosing abstinence and virginity, and that number is on the rise (53% in 2003, compared to 46% in 1990). Furthermore, those virginity pledges are starting to have positive returns. Gisele, maybe the reason you don't know any virgins is because of the sexually over-charged industry you are in. Part of the reason so many celebrity marriages fail is because of the lack of true intimacy built up over time during a celibate dating relationship. Maybe models, actors, and other performers should just stick to what they do best (i.e., "look pretty and sound good"), and leave the morality to the experts (i.e., the Church). Tags: abortion virgin Gisele Bundchen pro-choice pro-life abstinence supermodel |
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