Another Court-Ordered Murder: Lauren Marie Richardson
Well, why not? After all, that’s why we have courts, right? To determine when and where to kill people — even if the people don’t want to die, even when the people have done nothing wrong, and even when the people have others willing to care for them. This time it’s Lauren Marie Richardson in Delaware. Her mother wants her dead. No, really. The girl is sitting around, minding her own business. The girl isn’t causing anyone any harm. She just needs a little help eating. Her father is completely willing to feed her. Her mother isn’t. So the mother’s gone to court to withhold food from her. How is that not absolutely disgusting? I thought there was a law against killing innocent people. Apparently I was wrong.
Yes, this is similar to the Terry Schiavo case, but I think it’s much worse. Terry was married and one could question that her parents were more important than her husband. In this case, the girl’s own father is willing to take complete care of the girl. The mother says “no.” And we all know how courts rule when there’s a custody battle. By default, the woman wins. And in this case, the court order has been given: Murder Lauren because her mother says so.
And people claim we’re civilized. If this is civilized, I want to go live in a cave.
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Ogre..I hadnt heard this story yet…will check it out…..:(
It’s very sad.
It is always sad, Ogre, but my views on this issue have changed over the years. I think too often medical capabilities can interfere with God’s plans. Simply because we can do something does not mean we necessarily should.
I’m thinking of a dear 94-year-old woman with many health problems and severe arthritis throughout her body. The doctor, who will get a nice healthy fee from the insurance company, has convinced her she needs a hip replacement. This surgery is an ordeal for a younger, much healthier person. I can’t believe they’re going to put her through this.
Another elderly woman I know was in a car accident last summer. Her husband was killed and she had broken bones throughout her body. I watched them FORCE her to eat when she clearly didn’t want to. She’s now in a nursing home, confined to a wheelchair, and doesn’t know who anyone is, including herself. It would have been much kinder, I think, to let her refuse to eat.
I know these situations are different, but I bring them up because I don’t have a lot of faith in the motives of the medical community anymore.
I couldn’t agree more with you — I don’t trust the medical community to do what’s best for people, either. But in this case, it’s the poor girl’s own father who wants to take care of her and let her live. I honestly cannot understand how the mother would wish for her death, nor why the court system wants to favor the mother.