Italian clinic backs down in Eluana case
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=11227 Emacs! An Italian clinic that had offered to help end the life of Eluana Englaro, who is said to be in an irreversible coma, in accordance with a landmark "right to die" court ruling has withdrawn. ANSA reports the publicly assisted clinic in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region offered its services in December after the Lombardy region, where Eluana is cared for by nuns at a Lecco clinic, refused to offer clinics or health workers to help 38 year old Eluana Englaro die despite the right to die verdict from Italy's supreme court. But a last minute guideline issued by Health Minister Maurizio Sacconi stating that the removal of feeding tubes from patients in a vegetative state was "illegal" halted her transfer from Lecco. The clinic said it had been forced to withdraw its offer in light of the legal "tangle" and expressed its regret. "If the clinic were to offer hospitality to Eluana for the court ruling (to be carried out), the minister could take steps that would put the running of the clinic, and the jobs of 300 people, at risk," it explained. In December, Sacconi suggested that there could be "administrative consequences" if the clinic did not follow the guideline, which some observers claimed was a veiled threat to strip it of its funding and certification. Beppino Englaro, who has fought for more than a decade for a dignified end to his daughter's life, and Eluana's lawyer Franca Alessio said they "respected" the clinic's decision. The Cassation Court in November confirmed a Milan appeals court decision that the feeding tube could be removed from Eluana, who has been in a permanent vegetative state for almost 17 years following a car accident. The ruling has split Italy, with Catholic politicians and the Vatican claiming it authorises euthanasia and libertarians hailing it as a victory for individual liberty. Beppino Englaro has yet to find a clinic willing to remove the tube. SOURCE <http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2009-01-16_116330184.html>Clinic backs down in Eluana case (ANSA) ARCHIVES <http://cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=10163>Italy's "first state homicide", Catholic politician says <*}}}>< <http://astore.amazon.com/halthekin-20>Catholic on Amazon <*}}}>< <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Holy Postage <*}}}>< <*}}}><<http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Half the <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Kingdom!<*}}}>< Lord, may everything we do begin with Your inspiration and continue with Your help, so that all our prayers and works may begin in You and by You be happily ended. We ask this through Christ our Lord. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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