We’ve blogged often about Charlotte Wyatt, the little girl who was born prematurely to Darren and Debbie Wyatt in Portsmouth, England. Charlotte is three now, and every year of her life has been a tremendous fight to stay alive. The National Health Service fought for a “do not resuscitate order”, and won from the courts over the strenuous objections of her parents. Now the courts have ruled that Charlotte can’t live with her family, but must go to a foster home. Darren is fighting to continue to take care of her, but so far it has been a loosing battle.

Then yesterday, blogger took down the Charlotte Wyatt site hosted at blogspot without notice, saying that a British court had issued an injunction against the site. The blog had been regularly updated with pictures and news of Charlotte.

Fortunately, most of the blog was available in the google cache and moved very soon afterwards to a new site SaveCharlotte.com. Hannah, one of the bloggers at Save Charlotte writes:

Past experience has taught us that trust in the “system” and their views about what is best for disabled children is, at best, badly misplaced, and we feel that it is important that information about Charlotte’s case is available to the public. Therefore this blog will continue to be maintained.

The shutdown of Charlotte Wyatt’s blogspot site raises important questions. I’m not a lawer, but I thought Blogger was an American company based in California. Why did it listen automatically to a court order from a foreign country? Is Blogger also registered in the UK? Are there courts in other countries that can give similar injunctions to take down Blogger sites?

Lord Matt is hosting the google cache. Perhaps SaveCharlotte.com should be mirrored elsewhere as well, so that whatever happens information about her will not be wiped out.

Blogger took http://charlottewyatt.blogspot.com off because of a court injunction from the Portsmouth City Council. There’s only a short notice on the site right now:

Charlotte’s website has been removed from this domain due to an injunction filed by the Portsmouth City Council against disseminating information about her. We’re currently negotiating this issue and considering our options; and will have more information here shortly. In the meantime, you can contact us at charlotte.paige.wyatt @ gmail.com

Fortunately, most of the website is still in the Google cache, including many of the pictures that were posted in recent days from Charlotte’s third birthday. I’ve include a couple of them below:


I’ll keep you updated as I learn more.

This Saturday is Charlotte Wyatt’s third birthday. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is planning on putting Charlotte Wyatt in foster care even though her father desperately wants to take care of her.

Slobokan has done a excellent podcast on this situation, that I would recommend for all our readers to listen to. (You have to scroll to the end of the post to see the podcast.)

HT: Save Charlotte

Watching Terri’s tribute video brought it back in vivid detail. Strong memories, memories of darkness and horror.

Last March. It was a long time coming, and several times it seemed her life was spared; all that was needed was for the somewhere, someone in charge of something to come to thier senses. They would come to their senses; they just needed to be told it mattered. Tell them, help them to realize this is more than a theoretical situation– this is a woman’s life is being talked about. We thought it couldn’t happen, not in America. Starving dogs is illegal here. Starving people?

It was the eighteenth, while we were all on spring break. We could scarcely believe they had done it, and then we thought it would be for a few hours; a judge would give an emergency injunction, it would be replaced. We don’t starve people in America. I remember refreshing the page, refreshing, waiting for a change, waiting for good news….how long would it be?

And as the hours turned into days, and the days melted into each other, and our hopes rose with one hour and fell with the next. Our hearts were there in Florida with her, in the hospice that had become a torture chamber, a prison of death. Her mouth was parched, her lips bled. How angry I was when they made those stupid arguments for “mercy-killing”. Come, shoot her then! That would be far more merciful. Starving is not a humane way to kill anyone–ask any of those who took part in the hunger strike, drinking only water.

Classes began again, and we were back in our dorms. Nobody cared. Oh, something on the news, we saw at home, maybe. Well, govenment shouldn’t get involved in family issues. People, do you know what is happening in Florida right now?

Yes, after three days without food you don’t feel hungry– but far worse. It was so, so easy to get dehydrated, but we made ourselves drink water; it was the only thing keeping us alive. If we forgot for a few hours the poisins built up. But she didn’t have water. They refused to give her the ice chip that might have soothed the pain in her mouth. The brave children who tried to bring in a small cup were stopped by the police.

The rest is a haze; weakness from lack of food, helplessness in the face of the awful injustice. She is keeping on; oh people, she is fighting so hard, can’t you give her a chance at life? Look, no-one can live without food and water, not even you! This is not “letting her die”. This is killing.

That every one of those who made that decision could have taken its consequences onto themselves, keeping away from food and water! They would have realized quickly what it was that they were doing. But no, they sat down to full tables.

We hoped on till the end. 12 days, 12 days of horror. Every door was turned to, but everyone we might have trusted failed us. When it ended it was, in spite of everything, a release; the awful suffering over. Why did God allow it? But now he was comforting her.

The stain is still on us now; the stain of murder. An innocent woman was murdered in a nursing home, in America. But it was not one of those murders that happened because no one knew, because no one was there to defend. We were there; we stood and watched, and allowed it to happen.

We lost our naivite, the bright ideal of America we had lived with till that time. These things do happen, and they will happen, unless someone stands in the gap. And standing in the gap is more than saying it’s bad, saying it shouldn’t happen.

We gained an awful, terrible determination; her death was a wake up call; and cemented in us now is the pain of those days– when she waited, and no-one came.

It happened. In America. Will it happen again?

Haleigh Poutre. Charlotte Wyatt. Baby MB.

We won’t fail them, too?

Blogs for Terri has a short tribute video online here.

When will we ever learn? How many baby Doe cases, how many Terri cases till we realize every life, no matter how fragile or sickly, is precious?

Courtesy of Birth Story.

Charlotte is doing much better. Hannah over at Charlotte’s blog has several new pictures taken today, including this cute one:

Although still in a very critical condition, Charlotte’s oxygen is down now to 53% from 65% two days ago. Hannah at Charlotte’s blog asks ‘isn’t this an upward trend’?

Related posts:
Charlotte Wyatt Hanging On
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Stop the ACLU: Save Baby Charlotte
ProLifeBlogs: Charlotte Wyatt Battles On

Charlotte Wyatt is doing a little better today. The Scotsman writes, “The two-year-old remained in a “serious but stable” condition, said a spokesman at the hospital where she is being treated.” Hannah over at SaveCharlotte.com has encouraging update: the amount of oxygen Charlotte needs is now only 60% from 65% earlier. She has a way to go, but she’s definitely a fighter.

For those of you who want to add a banner on your website supporting Charlotte Wyatt, I’ve added one below. A friend here in America also made a very beautiful poster you can download and print.

Who is this English judge that reinstated the order allowing the doctors to withhold artificial respiration? Although we’ve heard much about Charlotte’s plight, we’ve heard little about the judge who assigned her to that fate.

According to an article from 2004 in the Times Online, Justice Mark Hedley is a 58 year old father of four who was only recently appointed as the 98th judge to the High Court of Justice of England and Wales:

He became a recorder in 1988 and a judge on the Northern circuit in 1992, a position he held for nine years before moving to the High Court, where he is a judge in the Family Division.

Away from court he enjoys cricket and railways.

Not only is he a decent family man, he’s reported to be a devout Anglican. Furthermore,

[He] is a reader at St Peter’s, Everton, a thriving evangelical church in Liverpool in an area designated as an urban priority by the Church of England. He is also Chancellor of the Diocese of Liverpool and chair of Shrewsbury House, a youth centre set up by Shrewsbury School a century ago to help inner-city youths. As a reader, he takes part in pastoral and educational work, evangelism and other forms of lay leadership. He can leads worship, including Morning and Evening Prayer, and take Communion to the sick and housebound.

In December last year the judge, who became a High Court judge three years ago, was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Liverpool for his contributions to family and child law and his local community in Liverpool.

Justice Hedley is also the president of the The Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship. Their e-mail address is: admin@lawcf.org. But something seems not quite right. Although he’s praised as a champion of children’s rights by the Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom (HERO) website, his idea of compassion is to let Charlotte die “‘peacefully in the arms of those who love her most”.

Over at SaveCharlotte.com, Hannah says there have been some hopeful developements:

Charlotte is doing ever so slightly better and is stable, though her situation remains doubtful and every moment is a new miracle. She is in 65 % oxygen now, and Darren is staying by her side.

Let us continue to pray

Hannah at SaveCharlotte.com has asked for all of our prayers. It seems Charlotte Wyatt’s health has worsened, and the judge has ordered the hospital to let her die.

Related articles:
Scotsman, Legal Row Charlotte Deteriorating
BBC, New Ruling as Charlotte Worsens
The Sun, Charlotte order renewed

Leslie Burke was born in Lancaster, the oldest in a family of five. He was pretty normal when he was growing up–but had the hardest time balancing. This was the only indication that things were not quite right.

In 1983 he was working as a postman when his employer asked him to get a physical. He was diagnosed with Cerebellar Ataxia. Their is nothing that you can do about this disease, and he was told that he would not see his 40′th birthday–he did, four years ago. The only thing that you can do is to just get on with life.

He did this, and has got a lot done since the doctor’s diagnosis 18 years ago. This condition gets worse and worse, and he is now in a wheelchair all the time. He was worried that when his condition has progressed,and he can no longer speak or eat by himself, the hospital would decide to remove his feeding tube, like they did with Tony Bland.

Last year, on July 30 2004 he won the court battle that said he must be given food since he wanted it to be continued. The hospital filed an appeal last September and the appeals court will hear them this coming Thursday (May 19) and come to a decision.

Cerebellar Ataxia does not affect one’s mental ability–and he will mentally be completely there, it will only affect his physical abilities. He does not look forward at all to the prospect of slowly dying off because of starvation–even though the doctor’s think it dignified.

Click here to go to his website, which has lots of more info on the case.

Source is: SaveCharlotte.com | Crossposted at BlogsforTerri

The British courts have again decided that, although Charlotte Wyatt has improved by a whole lot, and can see, hear and respond–that doctors should not have to give her life support in the case of an emergency. Her parents are going to appeal to the Court of Appeals, and to the European court (if possible).

More at: SaveCharlotte.com

According to a recent study by the Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics (an arm of NRLC), in only 10 states are doctors required to follow the advance directives of patients when they call for treatment, food, or fluids.

The study finds that the laws of twenty-three states (and two territories), offer “no effective protection of a patient’s wishes for life-preserving measures in the face of an unwilling health care provider.” In the laws of another two, Texas and Virginia, the doctors must follow the directives of the patient, only while arranging for a transfer to a willing health care provider. If they can not find a willing health care provider within about two weeks (10 days for Texas and 14 for Virginia), then the doctors need no longer follow the patients advanced directive — but legally are allowed to let him or her die. The law in another 15 states, and in the District of Columbia, is so ambiguous that it means whatever is a most convenient interpretation at the time–or in other words, hardly anything. That makes only ten states where there are laws in place that would protect your directive for lifesaving measures.

The conclusion (according to the study):

Americans are being urged to set down their wishes concerning life-preserving medical treatment, food and fluids in advance directives to avoid the sort of debate over the wishes of a person no longer able to speak for herself that surrounded the case of Terri Schindler-Schiavo. To the extent those advance directives call for food, fluids, or life-preserving medical treatment in some or all circumstances, however, in the present state of medicine and the law there is no guarantee they will be honored in most states.

You can read the whole study, (with each state’s status in the appendix), by clicking here.

Cross Posted at: BlogsforTerri

Cornell American writer Liz Wilbert, has written a very interesting and very supportive article about Terri Schiavo. It is circulating all around campus, as quite a lot of people read the American.

Everywhere else on campus where I have heard about it, it’s always described as an issue of Republicans exploiting a dying women’s privacy for political gain. . . .

Although the case seems to be completely solved, it is heartening to see that finally a major newspaper–The Telegraph (in the UK) has taken up the story. Not only did they write about it, but they seem to have gotten all the facts correct. It is also nice that they realized that a living will does not take care of the problems, as the main stream media would like us all to believe.

When Mae Magouirk drew up a living will, she believed that it would protect her in her twilight years and head off any family squabbling over medical care at the end of her life.

For all her precautions, there was no immediate cause for alarm when the 81-year-old widow from Georgia was admitted to hospital recently, suffering heart problems which doctors considered were treatable.

Yet in a case that echoes the debate over the removal of a feeding tube from Terri Schiavo, Mrs Magouirk was starved and dehydrated for 10 days, in contravention of her written instructions, after her grand-daughter became her legal guardian and decided that Mrs Magouirk was “ready to go home with Jesus”. Continue reading. . .

Cross posted on: BlogsforTerri

Update: Tim, from BlogsforTerri made this good point, and clarification:Note that by saying “completely solved” he is referring to the fact that Mae is in a hospital recovering and the two sides of the family are talking. The immediate danger to her life has been removed.

There remains significant uncertainty about her future care unless guardianship is granted to her closest living relative. Questions about why Mae’s life was even put in danger and corresponding accountability also remain open/unanswered.

According to La Raza (A small Chicago newspaper):

In a house on Chicago�s southeast side, a Mexican family is going through a heartbreak like the tragedy that befell the American Terri Schiavo�s family and deeply affected both those who defend the right to life and partisans of euthanasia. But no voices had been raised so far in this case because very few knew about the situation concerning the 39-year-old Latin woman whose husband decided to disconnect the tube that had been feeding her during her three and a half years in a vegetative state. (Continue Reading)

Tim, at BlogsforTerri, has done a lot of reaserch on this case–you should also read his posts on this here and here.

Although their are still a lot of questions, it seems like the Mae Magouirk case is successfully closed. According to WorldNetDaily:

“There was no hearing,” Kirby said, “But I talked to the granddaughter’s attorney [Danny Daniel], and they have agreed to let my people visit without restriction with Mrs. Magouirk while she’s in the hospital, and they have agreed to allow my people to have access to information from the doctors regarding medical care and treatment.”

Kirby said that at first, they “allowed visitation of 30 minutes a day, and I told him we appreciated the gesture and we would observe our 30 minutes a day, but we still intended to go forward to ask the judge to give us more than that.”

After further discussions today, he continued, “they decided not to place any restrictions on visitation.”. . .

Although McLeod and Ruth Mullinax have visitation privileges, Ken Mullinax does not.

Kirby said that has not been worked out yet.

“My immediate concern was for my two clients, the brother and sister of Mrs. Magouirk,” he said.

Kirby said he did not think there would be any restrictions in the long term and hopes the family dispute is near an end.

“I think this family is interested in healing their differences, and I think they’d like to stop airing them publicly and get back to being a family,” he said.

LifeNews.com has also written about this. It seems a little bit late–to be talking about it only after the case has been brought to a successful close.

In the latest update from Ken Mullinax, he writes that the University of Alabama doctors have arranged with Beth Gaddy for her to allow Mr. Mcleod, and Mrs. Mullinax (Mae’s brother and sister) to visit with Mae every day at 5:30 with no stipulations attached! He is still pushing to get full visitation rights granted. Below is the email:

Mom visited with Mae 30 minutes late yesterday.

UAB Medical spoke with Beth Gaddy and they arranged a humanitarian visit for Mom and Buddy each day at 5:30pmcst with no stipulations attached.

We are still filing before the newly appointed Judge on Monday in LaGrange, Ga. but until then, we didn’t want pride or anything to stand in the way of Mom and her brother visiting their sister. It is good for Mom’s condition (she is still in UAB Hospital) and it is great for Mae too.

MAES CONDITION
(1) Mom spoke to the charge nurse and Mae is listed as stable….that is fabulous for a women who was in hospice.

(2) Mae has an IV in her arm and is being hydrated.

(3) Mae has a temporary nasal feeding tube.

(4) The charge nurse said Mae’s heart is doing well.

(5) Mae is cognizant.

(6) Mae recognized Mom and spoke in sentences.

(7) Mae is still speaking softly because her throat is still very sore from dehydration but she is speaking.

(8) She is in the critical care unit but stable.

When I visited my Mom at the hospital early this morning she (Lonnie Ruth McLeod Mullinax-Mae’s sister) told me

“I visited with sister Mae last evening and she looks so much better now. Mae opened her eyes and when she saw me said ‘where you been Lonnie?’ I asked her how she felt and she whispered ‘I can’t buck dance.’ I stayed with her for 30 minutes and when I got ready to leave, she grabbed my hand and said: ‘Bring me a brown sack and take me home.’ That was a saying of Momma’s that means pack up my stuff. I am so thankful to the Lord that sister is doing so well now.”

Praise Christ!
Thanks to Terri’s friends for helping us bring this to the attention of the authorities and the media.

Although Terri’s death was very tragic, she lives-through ALL of you and her spirit has brought my Aunt from hell to the serenity of a caring, competent hospital.

Ken Mullinax
(Can you sense my big grin now?)

From Straight up with Sherri:

I have learned from a reliable source who is close to this case that Judge Boyd will be rescuing himself from Miss Mae’s case. According to my source, the case will most likely be moved to the state level. Due to all the information I have learned about this case and all the parties involved, I have to say- in my opinion, I feel Judge Boyd has made a great decision here.

I sincerely believe Judge Boyd to be an honest man, and that he is striving to do the right thing, for all parties involved, especially Miss Mae.

Shortly afterwards, this information was confirmed by Kenneth (in an email to lots of bloggers):

Our attorney, Jack Kirby, just spoke with Judge Boyd and confirmed with me that Boyd has taken himself off the case.

In an email Ken Mullinax sent to BlogsforTerri last night, he writes that Beth Gaddy offered to allow the family to visit, if Ken Mullinax would “not give another media interview or speak to another blogger or do anything, either passive or proactive, which will give information or shed public attention to the case of Mae Magouirk.” After consideration, Ken Mullinax did not accept that settlement–as he thought it would hinder him from helping his aunt. . .

If his attorney would file the motion–I think that the Judge (Boyd) will allow them to visit–he said they were going to do it this morning.

Below is the letter from Ken:

My uncle and Mother are beside themselves about not being able to see Mae. Since we were the ones that advocated for Mae’s life, we are amazed that we are now shut out of her care by the very person that sought to have her have quite a different outcome by being placed in a hospice. So I called our Ga. Attorney, Jack Kirby, and asked him to approach the court and Beth’s lawyer, Danny Daniel, and see what their official reasoning for Beth’s position is and to offer that if they would only allow Buddy and Mom to see Mae, I would be willing be denied access to Mae, although I failed to understand why Beth would wish to do so.

On the other hand, there is Beth’s compromise for visitation:

Attorney Daniels, speaking for Beth Gaddy, told our attorney, Jack Kirby yesterday that Beth would be willing to allow us access to Mae Magouirk, if and only if, “Kenny would not give another media interview or speak to another blogger or do anything, either passive or proactive, which will give information or shed public attention to the case of Mae Magouirk.”

Although I originally desired to get some input and suggestions on whether or not to accept Beth’s offer, I have since decided late tonight that to accept Beth’s offer would hinder my ability to be an advocate for Mae’s life, and so must reject any such restrictions or conditions. Since we have signed over to Beth’s side of the family - all financial rights regarding Mae, we feel that having no conflicts of interest of any kind in the matter, we should be included in Mae’s medical care consultations, as family. Were we the ones with the guardianship position, a position that Beth now holds by agreement but the spirit of which she has since violated, we would be including Beth as an important participant in our family decision-making process. I intend to work toward an equitable solution with these issues in mind, with the sole objective being that my Aunt Mae receive the proper medical and loving care that she deserves from ALL of her family - together.

Richard from Blogs for Terri (and from Hyscience), had posted a very nice opinion on what happened — why it was good to act first, and then ask questions, and why he would do it again. What he wrote is also the way that I feel about this. As it is written in a very nice style as well his whole opinion is worth reading. However, here are some of my favorite paragraphs:

“When BlogsForTerri or any group that supports life and is against euthanasia receives information that a life is in danger by being placed in a hospice - our first concern is to always err on the side of life. Life is a correctable situation, death is not. . .

“So far, Ken Mullinax’s concern that Beth Gaddy was not acting in a manner that supported Mae’s best chances for survival and continued life, however long that may be, does not appear to be misplaced. . .

“As long as a living person is willing and able to take-in nutrients and liquids, however they get it - I will continue to support it. Take it or leave it, that is my position - period. AND I plan to fight euthanasia of the infirmed, the elderly, the disabled, and the unborn until the day I die.”

I just got this email from Ken Mullinax. As it seems like Boyd is interested in helping, I believe that visitation rights will be granted without much hassle — but we have to wait and see.

He also writes that his appearance on the Hannity & Colmes show has been postponed:

Hannity Producer “Marny” has called me and our segment on Mae Magouirk has been moved at the last minute to Wednesday because some guy was arrested in Georgia and they had to extend the segment on the arrest.

So we are crossing our fingers for the segment on us to be held tomorrow,

BREAKING DEVELOPMENT
Tomorrow morning, Attorney Jack Kirby of LaGrange, Ga., will file a monition before Judge Boyd, on behalf of A. B. McLeod, which will ask the Judge to order Beth Gaddy to allow her Grandmother’s brother and sister (A. B. McLeod, Lonnie Ruth Mullinax) visitation rights at UAB Hospital. Stay tuned.

Cross posted at: BlogsforTerri

Richard at Blogs for Terri has received and finally posted the complete story of what happened, as Judge Boyd understands it. Richard’s comments are very good, and I would say, a real must read. You should read them here, either before or after you read the Judge Boyd’s letter:

Judge Boyds Letter:

I am Probate Judge Donald W. Boyd and I am about to tell you the real story. On March 31, 2005 one of the grand children of Mae Magouirk called me very upset saying that the brother and sister and cousin (mullinax) were threatening to remove Ms Magouirk from Hospice and they were afraid of what would happen to Ms Magouirk if this was attempted. I asked if they had medical power of attorney and they stated, (we thought we did but have found out we have not) I told them the only way they could make decisions was to become her guardians. On Friday, April 1, 2005, I came to work at 8:00 am and Beth Gaddy and her brother along with their attorney (Danny Daniel)were waiting for us to open and explained the situation and after hearing the explanation from the grand children and the attorney I felt someone should be appointed Temporary Emergency Guardian until we could have a hearing and determine who that person should be. The grand children and their attorney filed a petition for emergency guardianship of a gravely incapacitated adult. I ordered that Beth Gaddy become Temporary Emergency Guardian until we could hold a hearing to see who the permanent guardian would be. I scheduled a hearing to be held on Monday, April 4, 2005 at 9:00am.

Monday-April 4, 2005 at 8:00 AM I received a petition from the brother and sister and their attorney(Kirby).The brother and sister filed a petition to become guardian and a petition objecting to the appointment of Beth Gaddy as emergency guardian.

Monday April 4, 2005 the hearing began at 9:10 am with ALL parties present, except Ora Mae Magouirk. She was represented by attorney (guardian ad-litem) James Thornton.

After hearing the opening statements and about 2 hrs of testimony the attorney for the brother and sister requested a break. We adjourned for a 15 minute break and was to start the hearing back at 11:15 am. When I came from my office back to the hearing, ALL the attorneys and some of the family members informed me that they had a possible settlement agreement and wanted a few more minutes. The attorneys came in a few minutes later and announced they had an agreement.

The attorney for the brother and sister proposed to the court that they would withdraw their petition to become guardians and would withdraw their objection to Beth Gaddy becoming guardian and would consent to appointing Beth Gaddy as guardian, provided that she would agree to follow the medical advice recommended by and agreed upon by 2 of three doctors (all heart specialists). The 3 Doctors were named and agreed to by all parties. The court ordered that the three doctors evaluate Mae Magouirk within 24 hours (or as soon as possible) as time was of the essence. The court told ALL parties they were not to have contact with any of the doctors to try and influence their decision. Everyone agreed and the family was laughing and hugging one another and I thought everything had been worked and I felt the right decision had been made and I thought it was great that the family made that decision and I didn’t have to. The attorney for the brother and sister, Jack Kirby, drew the order up for the Court.

Then on Thursday all of these half-truths and lies started across the internet started by Mr. Kenneth Mullinax. I have nothing pending in my court and I had nothing pending in my court, yet I have been accused of starving a grandmother, murder, called everything in the book and all I want is to get the truth out.

I am answering any e-mails as fast as I can and I have not refused to talk with anyone. I called a news conference to explain my side. I will talk to anyone, anywhere, anytime about this matter.

It concerns me that people and so-called news agencies will print things that are not true or half-true and not bother to seek the truth. Please consider this in the future before you jump to conclusions you need to verify the story.

Regards,
Probate Judge Donald W. Boyd
Donald W. Boyd

I would like to thank Judge Boyd for his willingness to contact the media (even the blog media), and tell them what has really happened. As far as I know, what has been posted on this blog has all been true, and it has all been confirmed with her nephew, Kenneth Mullinax. The problem is that some parts are left out — and with these parts left out it has raised false impressions of Judge Donald Boyd. It is my personal opinion (after personally talking on the phone to him, and reading this letter and what Cait’s Oz Blog wrote) that if all of America’s judges were like Boyd, then America would be a better place–and the constitutional right to life would be upheld.

It is also my opinion that the real problem comes from the doctors at the LaGrange hospice and hospital, and the owners of these places — and with Elizabeth Gaddy — who seems to have been thoroughly convinced by them.