[lbo-talk] Shiavo "Forbidden video"

[ravi]

On 04/07/05 16:56, Marta Russell wrote:
> 
> As I understand it, it is true.  The Schindlers did not have the 
> money to pay for high powered "medical experts" at this state trial. 
> On the contrary Michael had gotten a huge insurance settlement and 
> was able to buy lots of "experts" and lawyers.
> 

FWIW:

http://www.mydd.com/story/2005/3/22/135029/283
http://blog.bioethics.net/2005/03/have-conservatives-bought-bioethics.html


> I did some Internet research and learned that many of the attorneys, 
> activists and organizations working to keep Schiavo on life support 
> all these years have been funded by members of the Philanthropy 
> Roundtable.
> 
> The Philanthropy Roundtable is a collection of foundations that have 
> funded conservative causes ranging from abolition of Social Security 
> to anti-tax crusades and United Nations conspiracy theories. The 
> Roundtable members' founders include scions of America's wealthiest 
> families, including Richard Mellon Scaife (heir to the Mellon 
> industrial, oil and banking fortune), Harry Bradley (electronics), 
> Joseph Coors (beer), and the Smith Richardson family (pharmaceutical 
> products).

<...>


> Schindler lawyer Pat Anderson "was paid directly" by the
> anti-abortion Life Legal Defense Foundation, which "has already spent
> over $300,000 on this case," according to the foundation's Web site.

for a more detailed report of funds on both sides:

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/28/State/Schiavo_case_has_myri.shtml

	--ravi