Peter Singer Denies Being Spokesperson for Michael Schiavo or George Felos in Terri Schiavo Case
 
 
(Note: This article posts at Terri's Button only to show that Singer denies involvement with the Felos/Schiavo duo.)
 
February 8, 2004
 
For Immediate Release
 
Please contact: Victoria Travis 661-264-2782 or vickie@kaiserpapers.org
 
Managed Care Reform Council
P.O. Box 900591
Palmdale, California 93590
 
 
 
Peter singer, Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and the President of the International Bioethics Society, denies being involved with the Terri Schiavo case. 
 
Terri Schiavo, a disabled Florida woman, has been the focus of a “right to die” case brought about by her husband, Michael Schiavo.

 In a telephone conversation with a member of the Managed Care Reform Council on Thursday, February 5, 2004, Singer stated that he has never been involved with this case, nor was he a spokesperson for Michael Schiavo or his attorney, George Felos, as the public was led to believe. 
 
He simply stated, “There is no clear evidence in this case of her wish to die.”
 
Michael Schiavo has been trying to end his wife’s life via starvation and dehydration, insisting that she would rather die than go on living as a disabled person. 
 
He almost succeeded last October when her feeding tube was removed by a court order. 
 
However, due to an enormous worldwide public outcry, Governor Jeb Bush of Florida, signed Terri’s Law that reversed the court order and allowed her to live. 
 
Singer believes in the “right to die” and assisted suicide.  He is in favor of the health care system practiced in the Netherlands whereby a person must be able to clearly state their wish to die before they can be assisted to commit suicide.
 
The works of Peter Singer have been cited and used by those who are involved in “the culture of death.”  However, we must remind ourselves that ideas, no matter how provocative, do not kill; only people do. 
 
However, many of the ideas of modern bioethics have permeated our health care system to a point where it is hard to recognize compassion and human values anymore. 
 
It may be absurd to put the blame on this one man for the negative changes in our health care system:  a system that is supposed to not only keep people well, but provide treatment, as well as care for the ill, the disabled, the elderly, and the dying in a humane and compassionate manner. 
 
To say that Peter Singer alone, because of his views or his writing, has the power to take the “care” out of “health care is absurd. 
 
In Singer’s case, the old saying that “sticks and stones can break your bones, but names (or words) can never harm you,” does not apply. 
 
Without killing a single person or ordering anyone to be killed, this mild mannered, soft-spoken professor has been accused of being the “next Hitler” and of starting a “new Holocaust.” 
 
Indeed, there are many evil people in this world that will use any tool to further their cause of death and destruction for their own gain, including the works of Peter Singer. 
 
Therefore, words must be used with extreme thought and care because “the pen is mightier than the sword.”
 
Professor Singer spoke to Vickie Travis, Director of the Managed Care Reform Council, later that day and agreed to be a guest on her radio program entitled, The Vickie Travis Show. 
 
You can tune into this program every Tuesday evening at 10:00 p.m. EST and 7:00 p.m. PST on Tropic Wave Radio at http://www.highway2health.net.  Further details about the date of Dr. Singer’s appearance will be made available. 
 
This should be an unforgettable event as Ms. Travis speaks with Peter Singer about life and death and the future of health care in America.