Thursday, March 24, 2005
GREER DENIES FOOD AND WATER BY MOUTH
Recently I asked how a hospice could deny giving water by mouth to a conscious patient. Now I have the answer. Judge Greer forbid it. From the Order:
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Respondents' Emergency Expedited Motion for Permission to Provide Theresa Schiavo with Food and Water by Natural Means is DENIED
Apparently in the great nation of America it is now possible for a circuit court to declare that someone in a healthcare facility can be denied food and water by normal means. What is Schiavo afraid of? That Terri will live? Apparently so.
A judge who denies food and water by mouth to a conscious incapacitated woman in a nursing facility is a monster. This is no different from a Soviet gulag. How can the courts be permitted to do this? And since apparently they have been permitted to do it, what will stop them from doing it again? Food and water by mouth is not an extraordinary means to sustain life, yet apparently there is fear that Terri will be able to take in food and water by mouth. What has Michael Schiavo got to lose if Terri lives? Consider the question in light of the Affidavit I've linked below.
If Terri dies, there should be a demand for an autopsy, because someone has an ulterior motive here. To deny someone food and water by mouth is criminal.
