Challenging the assumptions of many analysts and news reports, an attorney who specializes in medical ethics cases points out the autopsy report of Terri Schiavo indicates the brain-injured woman might have been cognizant of her surroundings as her family insisted.Jerri's blog is Sue Bob's Diary (a ProLifeBlogs member) and her posts can be found here:Jerri Lynn Ward of Austin, Texas, notes the report released Wednesday in the high-profile case states: "The frontal temporal and temporal poles and insular-cortex demonstrated relative preservation."
"What this tells us is that her cortex retained function and that her brain was more normal in the area that controls higher-level thinking," said Ward, who has weighed in on the case in her weblog and in an interview with "Joseph Farah's WorldNetDaily RadioActive" show.
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It is simply irresponsible to claim that Terri Schiavo was "cognizant" in light of the autopsy results. Sadder still are those who are gullible enough to believe it.
Have you got any news source for this which is more reliable than WindNetDaily?
An ATTORNEY makes these claims? A person whp ractices law NOT medicine? This information is credible in what way and on what planet?
Hey- why not ask the janitor next. Or maybe a cafeteria worker. How about a lounge singer. Maybe the gardener would know best. Or the clerk at the local drug store.