Rick - Starvation is a very painful death. The body at first fights for sustenance, then as it gradually gives up, it creates a great deal of pain. I'm almost like Bill O'Reilly, who said on his radio program, "Just give her a lethal injection and get it over with". I'm saddened by the publicity of this, also. Would she have wanted it? Seeya. Jo Ann On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:50:31 -0500 Rick McGirr <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Yes the court made the right decision after a very long 'discussion'. > Let her go. But I have a question. Are they giving her any water? > It would seem additionally inhumane to make her die a horrible, > painful death. If she's dead already, couldn't they just help her > out > a little bit? A little water, a little morphine, you know... Do > they > have to do a full and immediate disconnect? > > Rick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Ann Ryan" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:26 AM > Subject: Re: Culture of Life > > > > , does that mean that Congress will now mandate > > > all end-of-life decisions for us? > > > > Congress may have sent the Schiavo issue to the courts, but the > courts > > prevailed. That is as it should be. > > ---------- > > God bless > > Mary Ann > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn