Lawmakers' verdict: 'Don't starve woman' (Lauren Richardson)

Members of the Delaware House of Representatives have approved a resolution declaring "it is against the public policy of this state" for food and water to be withheld from a 24-year-old woman left with brain injuries following a drug overdose. The case of Lauren Richardson is reminiscent of that of Terri Schiavo, the Florida woman who died after courts ruled doctors could follow her husband's orders to deprive her of food and water until she died. The Schiavo case, on which WND reported exhaustively, ended in March 2005 when she died, despite a battle by her parents who wanted to care for her to overturn a court order allowing the removal of her feeding tube. Randy Richardson, Lauren's father, now is battling his former wife, the medical establishment and the court system for the life of his daughter. Judie Brown of the... [read full story]