In this article from Baptist Press (see also this story on WorldNetDaily), Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Barack H. Obama stated in last night's debate that he regrets his vote in the Terri Schiavo matter back in 2005. That vote allowed Terri's family to continue the legal fight against Terri's husband, who eventually won out. This allowed for Terri to be killed by dehydration, a pretty horrible way to die as I've heard it described. Some things I never could figure out about that case: why could no judge see that Terri Schiavo's husband had an obvious conflict of interest, and where were all those people who were so upset over those prisoners in Guantanamo whose Quran wasn't really getting flushed down the toilet? Wouldn't you think they would be more upset over someone who was truly experiencing torture despite the fact that she was neither a criminal nor a terrorist? We would never treat a criminal or a terrorist the way we treated Terri Schiavo.
One thing I found particularly troubling in the article as it applies to the present is that not just Obama, but Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, and Republican frontrunner John McCain have all expressed some level of regret or discontent with the decision to allow the legal challenge to continue. So who will stand for those who are not able to stand for themselves?
On a related note, the lawyer who led the fight for Terri's family, David Gibbs III, will be speaking at Summit Woods Baptist Church in Lee's Summit, MO on Sunday morning, March 30. I have heard him speak, and I expect this will be a powerful message.
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