Euthanasia approved in Terri Schiavo-esque case
The case of an Italian woman is reminiscent of Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman who was starved and dehydrated to death.
LifeNews.com reports Eluana Englaro, now 37 years old, has been in a so-called "vegetative state" for nearly 17 years following a car accident in 1992. Englaro's father went to Italy's top court and recently received permission to remove his daughter's feeding tubes and let her die.
Bobby Schindler of the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation tells OneNewsNow that Englaro's plight brings back painful memories of his sister. "This young girl [Englaro] is not dying," he notes. "She has a brain injury that has caused her to be dependent on others for her care, but the only thing she is needing to stay alive is basic care -- food and water -- which was exactly what was needed to keep Terri alive."
In the case in Italy, medical personnel have refused to turn off the equipment and euthanize Englaro. "They have refused to do what they believe is inherently wrong and evil, and I give them credit for standing for what they believe in by refusing to remove food and water from this young girl," Schindler contends.
Society, according to Schindler, needs to respect life from conception to natural death. "I think what is happening here is that we have become so comfortable from so many years of taking human life that we don't even look at things like this as being wrong anymore -- and that's what frightens me," he concludes.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
Source URL: http://www.onenewsnow.com
Publish Date: November 20, 2008
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