It looks as though we’re exploding with similar cases. First it was Baby Hudson, then Terri, then Mae Magouirk, now Martinez.
Pastor Guillermo Espinoza knows that he is fighting against the odds for the life of Clara Martinez, a stroke victim who has been purposefully deprived nutrition for close to 30 days. As pastor of a church in her neighborhood, he has chosen to speak out on her behalf.
Following a debilitating stroke one and half years ago, Clara has been incapacitated but able to consume water orally. She was cared for in the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center and an intermediate care facility before being taken to her home.
Until recently, she received nourishment through a gastro-intestinal tube that was connected to an external pump. As reported by La Raza, her husband Salvador Martinez, 35 years old and also Mexican, resolved that his wife should not live “artificially”. He signed a “Do Not Resuscitate” order to keep her from being revived artificially and and is now withholding nutrition.
This case is happening here in Illinois. Tip o’ me tam to Blogsforterri
Guess what? Since I’m right here in Illinois, looks like I might be able to go over and have a looksie myself. There’s nothing like a Sunday drive into the city, wouldn’t you say?
The Fight for Clara: A Battlefront Update
I just got off the phone speaking with Pastor Guillermo Espinoza, a godly man who is doing his best to defend the life of Clara Martinez.A few clarifications around some of the details in response to questions raised in reponse to Tim’s latest report below.
It appears that the family, including the mother lives in the husband’s home. Moreover, there is a “caregiver” that presumably works for the husband. In CURE’s experience, it would not be surprising if she were to act as the enforcer or, at any rate, the snitch for the husband. Speculative, no doubt, but not exactly a wild guess.
Pastor Espinoza again appealed to the husband’s conscience within but a few hours, but his pleas fell on death ears. A “religious” man, Martinez is hell-bent to follow his murderous course, just as Michael Schiavo was.
Accordingly it is imperative to publicize this murder in the making as widely as possible, as was done to good end in protecting the life of Mae Magouirk.
Anyone in the Chicago area should make every effort to attend the prayer rally outside the crime scene tomorrow. If you have friends or family in the area, please contact them now!
Meanwhile, CURE is working behind the scenes on legal, media, and governmental venues. Stay tuned to Blogs for Terri for critical updates and keep your readers up to date, if you have a blog.
Pray and act for Clara!
The prayer rally outside the home where Carla Martinez is being starved to death will be held at 3 PM, Sunday, April 17 at 3939 West 59th St. (near Pulaski).
Chicago area readers are urged to turn out to show that people care about Carla’s fate and send a message to those who seek her death, as well as to the political establishment that should be protecting her. A few hours of your time could me a lifetime for this 39 year-old mother of two children, ages 5 and 7.
If you would like to do more, please e-mail me at cureltd.verizon.net and provide your phone number. And stay tuned to Blogs for Terri for updates.
Earl
Director, Citizens United Resisting Euthanasia (CURE)
Blogmaster, Life Matters!
Thank you Cao for the time and effort you have put in to expose Mrs. Martinez’s situation. I pray that because of Terri’s death, more and more crimes of this nature can be exposed, and more peoples’ lives will be saved. I am so ashamed that we have become such a throw-away society. I have a very difficult time even trying to comprehend the mentality that when a person has inconvenienced us, whether it is an unborn child, or a disabled person, that it is okay to throw them away like so much trash. God help us!!!:cry: Thanks again for what you have done for Terri and everyone else out there who’s life is in danger because they are unable to speak for themselves.
I have my pictures from Sunday uploaded, I just have to re-size them because they’re to big to post. Thank you, Melodie. It is through the efforts of all of us that we will, I pray, stop the movement from taking complete hold.