The Culture of Death...Lives On

Do you remember Terri Schiavo? Do you remember how the great state of Florida dehydrated and starved her to death because she was in what is called a "persistent vegetative state"? Given what the government did to Terri because her husband was unwilling to keep her alive, do you honestly believe that a government in control of our health care system would try to protect the lives of people like Terri?

As Bobby Schindler, Terri's brother, wrote of his sister's death: "To be clear: there is no indignity more final and brutal than forcing a living person to die the death of dehydration and starvation. Try to imagine the torture my sister endured in the last two weeks of her life. Being unable to defend herself, very likely aware of precisely what was happening and having absolutely no ability to escape it. For nearly two weeks, Terri was denied food and fluids. Not so much as an ice chip was given to her. It was pitiful, it was barbaric and it was clear that she was made to suffer. When my sister expired, she was a shell of her former self."

If that brief commentary bothers you, click here to read the rest of what Booby wrote for Townhall.com.