Sex Selection. Cloning. 'Right to Die'. Slowly, Human Existence Is Being Reduced to a Mere Bundle of Cells to Be Grown, Manipulated or Destroyed at Will

Daily MailMarch 30, 2005

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THE protracted death of the American brain damage victim Terri Schiavo is a deeply horrifying and disturbing spectacle. Twelve days ago Mrs Schiavo, who has been in a persistent vegetative state for the past 15 years, had the tubes delivering food and water to her withdrawn. Her death is now imminent.

Let us not mince words about what we are witnessing here.

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Sex Selection. Cloning. 'Right to Die'. Slowly, Human Existence Is Being Reduced to a Mere Bundle of Cells to Be Grown, Manipulated or Destroyed at Will

Quite apart from the unedifying saga of the struggle between her parents and husband over whether she should live or die, or the drama over President Bush's intervention to force the courts to reconsider her case, the stark truth is that Mrs Schiavo is being slowly starved and dehydrated to death.

It has been said that she is being 'allowed ...

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