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‘Baby Joseph’ Gets Second Chance at U.S. Hospital

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Baby Joseph’ Gets Second Chance at Life in U.S.

Published March 14, 2011

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EXCLUSIVE: Joseph Maraachli and the equipment keeping him alive, are transported to the U.S.

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EXCLUSIVE: Joseph Maraachli and the equipment keeping him alive, are transported to the U.S.

The baby who was hours from being pulled off life support at his Canadian hospital has been rescued by the national director of Priests for Life and taken to the U.S. for treatment.

Thirteen-month-old Joseph Maraachli, who is currently kept alive by a respirator and was recently denied a transfer to a Michigan hospital to undergo a tracheotomy, arrived in the U.S. early Monday morning with Fr. Frank Pavone and other Priests for Life staff.

“Priests for Life staff toiled through the night for many nights, working in concert with dozens of people to make this possible,” Father Pavone said in a statement. “Now that we have won the battle against the medical bureaucracy in Canada, the real work of saving Baby Joseph can begin.”

Maraachli was on his way to SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo., a non-profit health-care facility open to all children in need of medical care.

The boy suffers from a rare, progressive neurological disease which, Canadian doctors say, has left him in a vegetative state beyond recovery. He has been at the Children’s Hospital in London, Ontario, since the fall.

Priests for Life says it represents a family of ministries that “reach and enrich every aspect of the pro-life movement,” according to its website. The group has been strong advocates for the boy’s release and critical of his treatment in Canada.

“The medical board overseeing his case is apparently convinced that giving proper care to ‘Baby Joseph’ is futile,” the website reads. “They don’t mean that the medical care won’t help him. They mean his life in its current condition isn’t worth the trouble.”

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Aides: Obama in Weaker Spot Heading Into 2012

Donors Told Obama in Weaker Position Heading Into 2012

Published March 14, 2011

| The Wall Street Journal

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In this Jan. 21, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington.

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In this Jan. 21, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington.

President Obama’s advisors are telling potential donors that he is in a weaker position heading into the 2012 election than he was in 2008 and are detailing potential vulnerabilities of likely opponents, according to people who have seen their presentation.

The donor meetings and the recent hiring of several senior campaign staff members are among the early moves Obama aides have made before the official launch of the president’s re-election effort, which Democratic officials say will come shortly after April 1.

The centerpiece of their pitch to donors is a 10-page slide show, which features the slogan “Change that Matters” and offers an early glimpse into the thinking of the president’s re-election team. Jim Messina, a former White House official who will become Mr. Obama’s campaign manager next month, has been presenting the “strategy briefing” around the country in recent weeks.

Mr. Messina made several stops in South Florida last week to reconnect with 2008 donors, particularly those who supported Hillary Clinton when she was a rival to Mr. Obama for the Democratic nomination. The president’s political aides, people at the meetings said, are trying to establish stronger ties to some of these donors as they navigate what may be a difficult fund-raising environment.

Part of Mr. Messina’s presentation is to caution donors that while Mr. Obama has recovered after the trouncing his party took in the 2010 elections and is well-positioned for 2012, he will face a tough re-election fight that will require substantial donor support, according to people familiar with the presentation.

The slide show cites Michigan and Pennsylvania as places where Mr. Obama’s standing has dropped since 2008 while GOP support has gone up. Using bureaucratic short hand for President of the United States, the slides warn: “POTUS maintains clear but narrowed support” and note there is “significant work to do to increase support among key demographics.”

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Baby Joseph Gets Second Chance at U.S. Hospital

‘Baby Joseph’ Gets Second Chance at Life in U.S.

Published March 13, 2011

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Joseph Maraachli, has been in a vegetative state at a hospital in London, Ontario, since last fall. He’s been treated for a neurodegenerative disease that doctors ruled leaves no hope for the boy.

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Joseph Maraachli, has been in a vegetative state at a hospital in London, Ontario, since last fall. He’s been treated for a neurodegenerative disease that doctors ruled leaves no hope for the boy.

EXCLUSIVE: The baby who was hours from being pulled off life support at his Canadian hospital has been rescued by the national director of Priests For Life.

Joseph Maraachli, 13 months old, who is currently kept alive by a respirator and was recently denied a transfer to a Michigan hospital to undergo a tracheotomy, is en route tonight to the U.S. with Fr. Frank Pavone, the director.

Maraachli will be taken to a hospital that specializes in caring for children.

Priests For Life says it represents a family of ministries that “reach and enrich every aspect of the pro-life movement,” according to its website. The group has been strong advocates for the boy’s release and critical of his treatment in Canada.

“The medical board overseeing his case is apparently convinced that giving proper care to ‘Baby Joseph’ is futile,” the website reads. “They don’t mean that the medical care won’t help him. They mean his life in its current condition isn’t worth the trouble.”

However, the group says it assembled an air medical team that will move the child from hospitals. 

The boy suffers from a rare, progressive neurological disease which, Canadian doctors say, has left him in a vegetative state beyond recovery. He has been at the Children’s Hospital in London, Ontario since the fall.

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