ABC Discovers that Disabled Worry What Schiavo Means to Them

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ABC Discovers that Disabled Worry What Schiavo Means to Them

Only after a federal court turned down a new review of the facts in the

Schiavo case did ABC's World News Tonight decide it was time to let viewers

know

about how, as Jake Tapper reported, " some activists in the disabled community

suspect Americans might not want to live in their conditions, either. And if

Americans don't care about Terri Schiavo, maybe we won't care about them. "

Tapper highlighted the case of a woman whose husband was urged to let her die

but who later recovered. Last Friday, the same newscast displayed hostility

to the Schiavo cause as Tapper devoted a whole piece to how " members of

Congress, " all Republicans, " made claims contradicting experts in medicine and

bio-ethics. " He concluded with this blast: " Terri Schiavo and her family

deserved

better than the way Congress worked this week. " But on Tuesday night, ABC

discovered it is not just Republicans who are concerned. Tapper pointed out how

" liberal Democratic Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, a long-time advocate for the

physically and mentally challenged, has expressed concern about what the

Schiavo case could mean for the disabled. "