Here’s the text of the official statement coming from U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s communications director regarding Senator Frist and Congressional action in the Terri Schiavo case:
“Bill Frist has helped save hundreds of lives in operating rooms throughout the world. For him a woman’s life…every life…is precious.
“Before addressing the Senate concerning Terri Schiavo last Thursday, Senator Frist carefully reviewed medical information, records, video tapes and sworn affidavits that were in the court records. He spoke with physicians involved in the case. He noted that some doctors have concluded she is not in a persistent vegetative state and could improve with therapy.
“The suggestion by some that Senator Frist was making a ‘diagnosis’ in the Schiavo case is absurd. Nowhere in his comments was he substituting his opinion for others. But with medical experts split on Terri Schiavo’s condition and a woman’s life at stake, he suggested the court solicit additional tests and attempt to reach a medical consensus on her condition. Specifically, he recommended current and complete neurological examinations, which she has not had, using the most up-to-date medical technologies.
“The fact the bill passed with bipartisan support and without dissent would indicate Republicans and Democrats alike agreed with his assessment that the courts should at the very least solicit additional medical evidence in this case. When medical facts are in dispute we should always err on the side of life.”
Good people – many with whom I frequently agree – have disagreed about this course of action. I supported the extraordinary action by Senator Frist and Congress.
Feel free to share your comments on this, though please leave out any base or cynical attacks on people’s motives and address the real issues at hand.
I applaud Senator Frist and those courageous enough to stand with him.
I would like to have seen the same courage in the courts
Please stop the inhumane treatment Terri Schiavo has endured by giving her the appropriate care and another chance of having a fair medical analysis. I have lost faith in the judicial system in Florida, in particular, and in the authorities in America, in general. It’s is very sad that this is allowed to happen in our civilized society. I do not treat my pets the way the judges and her husband are treating Terri Schiavo. Please help her! Her time is running out!
A certain truth and fact has come of this situation: The Democratic Party is the party of Sex and Death: They support abortion, partial birth abortion, and death by starvation.
Remember this come the next election cycle, regardless of where you live.
Let’s take a minute on this Easter to remember the tens of thousands of murdered and soon to be murdered in Sudan, who don’t get special weekend sessions of Congress devoted to them and die unnoticed and uncared for by the Culture of Life.