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Contact: Jerry Horn,
540-220-0095
Date: March 14, 2006
Fr. Pavone: Justice O’Connor Gravely Mistaken
Former Supreme Court
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, in a recent speech at Georgetown University,
criticized the efforts of lawmakers last year to save the life of Terri Schiavo,
and complained about harsh criticism of the courts. She even suggested the legal
efforts constituted the beginnings of dictatorship.
In response, Fr.
Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life and one who was at Terri
Schiavo’s bedside in her final hours and moments, declared, “Justice O’Connor
has it backwards. Dictatorships begin with the idea that government can deprive
people of their fundamental rights. That’s what happened to Terri, who was
neither terminally ill, nor comatose, nor on life support.” Fr. Pavone added,
“When Supreme Court Justices get such fundamental points wrong, we’ve got a
problem, and they deserve all the criticism we can muster.”
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life
organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information,
visit www.priestsforlife.org.
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