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January 27, 2006
More On Haleigh Poutre
Topics: Life Issues
Let's subtitle this post as "Death Culture And Department Of Social Services Unite To Attempt Ending Life Of Little Girl That Was Victim Of Abuse And Neglect."
As readers may recall, Haleigh Poutre is the 11-year-old Massachusetts girl who is defying the odds, and the courts.
She was born in 1994 to a sixteen year old mother who wasn't married to her biological father. Haleigh was four when she went to live with her aunt because she was being sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend. Prior to relocating to her aunt's, Haleigh became a ward of Massachusetts's Department of Social Services (DSS). A few years later, Haleigh's aunt got married to one Jason Strickland, and, a short while after that, she officially adopted Haleigh.And that's when a disgustingly flawed, inept, bizarre, and indeed - evil DSS, along with the Massachusetts legal system, joined to take part in an even more bizarre and disturbing turn of events.After the adoption, DSS made no fewer than 15 investigations into possible abuse of Haleigh. The injuries Haleigh suffered varied in severity and nature, but many were alarming. One time Haleigh's adoptive mother allegedly left her alone at a softball game. The result: Haleigh suffered serious head injuries when she was struck by a bat. Another time, (she) allegedly burnt herself with hot water.
DSS concluded from its investigations that Haleigh had a propensity to injure herself. They left her in the care of her adoptive mother and Strickland. Then, on September 11, 2005, Haleigh entered a vegetative state, the result, police alleged, of a vicious beating at the hands of her adoptive mother and Strickland.
While the two awaited trial, the courts awarded DSS temporary custody of Haleigh. After being released on bail less than two weeks later, Haleigh's adoptive mother was found dead in an apparent suicide. Strickland alone would face charges for the possibly fatal beating of Haleigh.
A mere nine days after Haleigh's beating, DSS pressed to remove Haleigh's life support and feeding tube. All of the parties with legal standing, including the judge, agreed - Haleigh's life should end. Shockingly, no one other than government employees or appointees was involved in the hearings that were to decide Haleigh's fate.
On October 5, a mere 24 days after the assault on Haleigh, the judge issued a written opinion stating that Haleigh's "dignity and quality of life would be most respected by withdrawing both the ventilator and the feeding tube along with the issuance of a [DNR] order, with great sadness I so issue this day."Read more about Haleigh's plight from Dean Barnett at the Weekly Standard.Because the judge issued a ruling at the start of the proceeding that all court records be impounded due to Haleigh's status as a minor, the public has little idea of what happened in his courtroom. How he reconciled the differing medical opinions remains a mystery.
Posted by Richard at January 27, 2006 8:13 AM
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