Schiavo case raises questions

Published: Friday, April 1, 2005 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, April 1, 2005 at 12:00 a.m.

To The Editor: Many questions come to mind as I ponder the Terri Schiavo tragedy:

Why were so many so eager to kill this woman?

Are we so obsessed with the right to die as to forget the foremost right to live?

Have we forgotten Hitler's eradication of the mentally ill and physically handicapped in the 1930s? Considering 40 million legal abortions since 1964, euthanasia in Oregon and the convenience killing of Schiavo, will Alzheimer's and stroke victims be next?

How come an adulterous husband retains custody of his wife and his hearsay testimony is accepted over that of family and friends?

Should it not be a matter of pride that the governor, president and Congress intervened as they are constitutionally authorized in Article III and by the XIV Amendment?

Am I wrong: Didn't the Supreme Court just rule execution of convicted murderers under 18 is cruel and unusual punishment, but refused to even review the death sentence by starvation of an innocent?

Are we now to believe that funds to feed the starving children, thereby reducing their bloating bellies, should be withheld so that they experience euphoria?

There are many more unanswered questions!

Jerome "Jack" Lorenz

Horse Shoe


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