Italy man wins life support plea
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7728284.stm>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7728284.stm Eluana Englaro, in an undated image released by her family Ms Englaro is said to have opposed being kept alive artificially Italy's top court has awarded a man the right to disconnect the feeding tube that has kept his comatose daughter alive for 16 years. Eluana Englaro, 37, has been in a coma since a car crash in 1992. The court ruled that a July decision allowing Beppino Englaro to remove her life support would stand. Catholic politicians and the Vatican are opposing the move, saying that it amounts to euthanasia - which is illegal in Italy. US parallels Eluana Englaro is being kept alive at a hospital in the northern town of Lecco. Her father has been battling with the courts to end her life since 1999. The court in Milan which delivered the July ruling said that doctors had proved Ms Englaro's coma was irreversible. It also accepted that, before the accident, she had expressed a preference for dying over being kept alive artificially. State prosecutors appealed against the ruling, but Cassation Court in Rome ruled the challenge inadmissible. Campaigners for euthanasia welcomed the verdict, but some Italian lawmakers said the move amounted to murder. Ms Englaro's case has been compared to that of brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo. She died in 2005 after her feeding tube was removed, following a seven-year legal battle between her husband and her parents. <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Holy Postage <*}}}>< <*}}}><<http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Half the Kingdom!<*}}}>< Prayer for Unborn Life: O GOD OF LIFE AND LOVE, You have given us the gift to participate with You to bring new life into the world. But, all too often, the mother's womb, which should be a nursery of life, becomes instead a place of it's destruction. Help us to remove this evil and ensure respect for all life made in Your image and likeness, called to fulfill its promise on this earth, and destined to find a home with you for all eternity. We ask this through Jesus Christ, Our Lord, Our God, Our Savior, and Our ALL. Amen. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please note that I do not send or open attachments sent to this list. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Catholics on Fire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Catholics-on-Fire May the blessing of Jesus and our Blessed Mother be with you -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
