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March 31, 2005

Vatican City: Pope suffers heart attack Pope John Paul II suffered a heart attack and his condition is "very serious", Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said today.

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NRO on Terri Schiavo's Death Next time it will be easier. It always is. The tolerance of early-term abortion made it possible to tolerate partial-birth abortion, and to give advanced thinkers a hearing when they advocate outright infanticide. Letting the courts decide such life-and-death issues...

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Message from the Schindlers Pinellas Park, FL – As you are aware, Terri is now with God and she has been released from all earthly burdens. After these recent years of neglect at the hands of those who were supposed to protect and care...

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The Blogosphere Writes About Terri's Passing It is hard to express the sense of grief for the Schindler family and our culture that I presently feel at this time. I know many pro-life bloggers are sharing similar emotions (thanks for your emails). Do not let this tragedy lead you to despair but join me in resolving to fight for a culture of life that defends the weak and the innocent and respects the God given dignity of each human life.

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Statement of the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation Clearwater, FL – It is with heavy hearts that the volunteers of the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation acknowledge the passing of Terri on this day at approximately 9.00am ET. Terri has demonstrated to us a tremendous will to live by enduring...

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Terri Schiavo Has Just Died Per message from family to BlogsForTerri, Hyscience, and ProLifeBlogs - Terri has passed. This is one of the darkest days in American history....

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March 30, 2005

Infant Euthanasia Creeps Into Acceptability. According to Peter Singer, a bioethics professor at Princeton University, "Newborn human babies have no sense of their own existence over time." Hence, they're disposable.

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Jackson Admits Failure in Florida Schiavo Effort The Rev. Jesse Jackson admitted Wednesday afternoon that his efforts to persuade the Florida state Senate to vote on a new bill to save Terri Schiavo have failed. "They are convinced that guardianship [of Terri] is in the hands of...

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March 29, 2005

Federal Appeal Courts Gives Schindlers the OK There are positive indications coming from Florida and now good news from a federal appeals court.Mar 30, 12:40 AM (ET) ATLANTA (AP) - A federal appeals court early Wednesday agreed to consider a petition for a new hearing on whether...

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Humanity, Personhood and Terri Schiavo So who are the so-called human non-persons? All embryos and fetuses, to be sure. But many bioethicists also categorize newborn infants as human non-persons (although some bioethicists refer to healthy newborns as “potential persons”). So too are those with profound cognitive impairments such as Terri Schiavo and President Ronald Reagan during the latter stages of his Alzheimer’s disease.

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March 28, 2005

Most Recent Report from The Hospital Bed: Terry Continues to Communicate After three visits to Terri Schiavo's hospital bed in the last 24 hours, Sherry Payne, close friend of Terri Shiavo, appeared on MSNBC's Abrahm's Report Monday night. Mrs. Payne indicated that Terri recognized her, interacted with her, tried to speak,...

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Supreme Court Says 'No' to Parental Consent for Abortion The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday to reinstate a state law requiring girls under age 18 to get parental consent for abortions except under the most dire of medical emergencies. Without comment, justices let stand a lower court...

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Terri Reacts to Friend on Sunday Miami Herald - Terri Schiavo had an 'extraordinary' reaction to a friend's Sunday night visit, her parents' spokesman claimed Monday morning....

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March 27, 2005

Caring About and Defending Life Michelle Malkin takes apart one of the favorate criticisms the pro-abortion crowd levels at pro-life Christians, "We only care about children before they're born and not afterwards."Perhaps this is why the mainstream media has ignored the amazing stories of pro-life...

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Terri's Breathing Has Become Labored Cheryl Ford, RN emails that the Schindler's have reported a change in Terri's breathing and that it has become labored. She asks all of Terri's supporters to:Please pray that God continues to protect Terri. Pray that He will provide Terri...

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ACTION ITEM - Stay With Terri, and with Us Earlier this evening a misspoken statement told supporters to go home and be with their families. Terri Schiavo's father, Bob Schindler, would like to correct this with following statement: "What I meant to have announced was that people should go...

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March 26, 2005

Terri Schiavo Has Not Given Up, Neither Are We, says Attorneys and Family An All-Writs Petition to the Florida Supreme Court will be filed by David Gibbs on behalf of Bob and Mary Schindler this afternoon. This is an appeal of today's decision by Judge Greer. Source: Schindler press release...

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Terri Schiavo's Suffering Continues Source: LifeNews, HT: IrrevocableChoiceAn attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents told Fox News Saturday morning that Terri Schiavo's medical condition due to her starvation and dehydration is growing perilous. Terri is now reportedly bleeding from her eyes and mouth....

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March 25, 2005

On Our Black Robed Masters And The "Evolving Standards of Decency" I must admit to falling short in understanding why the very same "evolving standards of decency" applied to saving the life of a killer, doesn't in turn allow Terri Schiavo to be kept alive until the case was argued in federal court.

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Whittemore Rules against the Schindlers The Associated Press Reports:A federal judge on Friday refused to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, yet another setback for the parents of the brain-damaged woman in their battle against her husband to keep her alive. For a...

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Terri's Health Wanes Associated Press - As Terri Schiavo's health waned, her parents pushed on to restore the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube after the nation's highest court and judges in Florida defeated their latest legal appeals....

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March 24, 2005

Mayo Clinic Neurologist Says Terri's PVS a Misdiagnosis "Contrary to those that try to paint a picture of a gentle process, death by dehydration is a cruel, inhumane and often agonizing death."

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Remembering Sun Hudson Several readers have written to remind me of Sun Hudson, a child whose life support was removed against his mother's wishes last week."I talked to him, I told him that I loved him. Inside of me, my son is still...

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Neurologists say Terri is not PVS At Thrown Back: Neurologists Say: Recording of Terri Shows She's Not PVS You'll recall the audio recordings of Terri and her father which were posted at the Matt Drudge and the Family Research Council websites earlier this week. These recordings...

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Action Alert - Call Gov. Jeb Bush Florida Constitution, Article I Section 2: All natural persons, female and male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and liberty…No person shall be deprived of any...

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10 reasons why Terri Schiavo's life should be protected This article is from a disabled person about the right to nutrition that everyone should have. [HT: TheBandwagon] Here are the 10 points the author makes:...

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The Supreme Court Says 'No' to Schiavo Case From the Associated Press:The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to order Terri Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted, rejecting a desperate appeal by her parents to keep their severely brain-damaged daughter alive. The decision, announced in a terse one-page order, marked the...

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National Call For Action: Come to Woodside Now - Go To Washington Now A BlogsforTerri reader has emailed in a request that we pass this around. Terri is about to die. Many are now feeling very frustrated and helpless about what is happening. Let's let the world know how we feel about what...

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Fired Nurse Claims Terri Feels Pain CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer Jeff Johnson reports that a nurse who worked at the hospice where Terri Schiavo is dying of dehydration and starvation has revealed that Terri feels pain and the nursing staff medicates her for it. As explained...

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Independent Expert Says Terri Responds, Feels Pain Her behavior is frequently context-specific. For example, her facial expression brightens and she smiles in response to the voice of familiar persons such as her parents or her nurse. Her agitation subsides and her facial demeanor soften when quiet music is played. When jubilant piano music is played, her face brightens, she lifts her eyebrows, smiles, and even laughs. Her lateral gaze toward the tape player is sustained for many minutes.

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March 23, 2005

Florida Senate Rejects Bill To Save Terri Breaking: The Florida Senate has rejected the bill that could save Terri Schiavo's life, according to FOX News. Additionally, the 11th District has turned down the Schindler's motion. Call, email, shout, smoke signals, whatever it takes - contact the Governor...

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Terri Not PVS - Gov. Jeb Bush The Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, just completed a press conference with Tampa Bay media. He says that the Department of Children and Families, through Adult Protective Services are conducting an investigation of abuse against Terri Schiavo. As part of...

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Fired for Refusing to Remove a Feeding Tube This message came from a BlogsforTerri reader:I am an RN. Several years ago, I was wrongfully fired for refusing to remove a feeding tube from 2 patients who had been diagnosed as PVS like Terri. Neither patient was really PVS...

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Terri is No Different Than My Daughter Denise (MiracleChild)wrote the following message to BlogsforTerri: I have a disabled daughter. At 4 months of age, a highly respected UCLA neurologist told us based on her MRI's and his physical inspection of her that our daughter's cerebral cortex area...

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ProLifeBlogs in the News LA Times - ProLifeBlogs.com created a site that steers people to more than 300 blogs that support its stance in favor of reinserting Schiavo's feeding tube. Hundreds of bloggers have linked to BlogsforTerri.com, a site with news updates on the...

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Florida Legislature is Able to Help Terri - Action Requested Florida’s House and Senate are considering a dehydration and starvation protection act that would require stronger evidence of informed consent prior to removing assisted food and fluids from an incapacitated patient. With your help, the Florida legislature may still pass this bill that will save Terri Schiavo. Please contact the list of Senators below. They need your input.

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Polls - Read the Fine Print Annie via AfterAbortion dissects polls suggesting the most Americans favor Terri's death via starvation. For example,That ABC poll also phrased the "feeding tube" question with some extremely inaccurate information: "Schiavo suffered brain damage and has been on life support for...

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Paving the way for euthanasia legalization Fifteen years ago, Holland had a case similar to [Terri] Schiavo's, A judge allowed the husband of Ineke Stinissen, who had been in a coma for several years, to remove her feeding tube. She died of starvation, and her case...

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Medical Attorney Andrew Schlafly Says Federal Court Decision in Schiavo Case Ripe to be Overturned WASHINGTON, March 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Nationally noted attorney, Andrew Schlafly, outlines judicial errors that require the 11th Circuit to overturn on appeal the decision in the case of Terri Schiavo. "Judge Whittemore applied the wrong standard and reached the...

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BREAKING: COURT RULES AGAINST TERRI A federal appeals court refused early Wednesday to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, denying an emergency request by the severely brain-damaged woman's parents. The three-judge panel ruled 2-1 to deny the request, a day after a federal judge in Florida also refused a similar appeal.

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We Gave Her a Chance - Part II Part 1 of this story began after ProLifeBlogs published the story of Kim, a woman who WAS PVS and in worse condition than Terri Schiavo. Rae Stabosz at Confessions of a Cooperator writes a follow-up:A few days ago I reported...

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March 22, 2005

Terri Schiavo Bone Scan (Updated) Crystal Clear has posted on Terri Schiavo's Bone Scan from 9/91 - SUPRESSED BY MICHAEL Schiavo, found years later, & NEVER INVESTIGATED. Update(Hyscience's favorite Medblog): CSI MEDBLOGS: CODEBLUEBLOG ANALYZES TERRI SCHIAVO'S STARTLING BONE SCAN The significance of the bone scan...

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Judge Declines to Help Terri Schiavo Fox News: Judge Whittemore has declined to order reinsertion of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, as requested by the Schindlers. No further information is available at this time. Update: U.S. District Judge James Whittemore said the 41-year-old woman's parents had not...

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March 21, 2005

He Lived through a Do-Not-Revive Order I may have at one time felt living connected to a machine was worse than death, but I had never tried it! I have now! I have lived in a vegetative state! Although I hope to just die quickly with no pain, I now choose to live by ANY means God provides. I STILL feel it was a loving act of my wife to disconnect me when she did! It is hard to imagine loving anyone enough to give them up as dead. It would be even if the loved one thought it might be better in certain cases!

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Florida Legislature is Still Able to Help (Update ACTION REQUESTED) Hugh Hewitt writes that the Florida legislature still has an opportunity to come to the aid of Terri Schiavo:A relief bill was blocked by the state Senate, and at least six Republicans voted against it. Here's a link with the...

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Judge Declines to Rule as Terri Schiavo Starves A federal judge declined for now to order a feeding tube reinserted in Terri Schiavo, the brain- damaged Florida woman who has been in a vegetative state for 15 years. U.S. District Judge James Whittemore, after hearing arguments for about...

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Asking the Wrong Question Dory at WittenbergGate has written an excellent article about the questions "Would you want to live like Terri?" and "Who would want to live like that?" [HT: JivenJehosaphat]. Here is an excerpt:...

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Doctors Said Pull the Plug - Husband Glad Wife Stood Firm Your heart beats on its own, so does Terri's. You breathe on your own, so does Terri. You need basic nutrition & hydration to live, so does Terri. I have researched her case endlessly, seen her video and that woman is NOT in PVS. Where there is life, there is hope and I will continue to pray that her tube is re-inserted & that the torture, abuse & neglect she has suffered at Michael's hands all these years is brought to light and rectified. As I felt by intuition that my husband would be okay, I very seriously feel by intuition that Terri has big surprises in store for us all - and for Michael.

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Support Terri Schiavo at the Courthouse in Tampa Anyone who can go to Tampa in show of support must get there by 2:30. Leave your phones, pagers and most everything in the car because will not be allowed in the building. Their security is much more strict than...

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Terri Schiavo Hearing Set for 3pm

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March 20, 2005

Bush Signs Terri's Bill Into Law President Bush signed emergency legislation sent to him by Congress early Monday to allow Terri Schiavo's parents ask a federal judge to prolong their daughter's life, capping days of emotional debate over who should decide life and death.

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Terri's Bill Passes Congress At 12:32 this morning .... here is the roll call. (update: the text of the bill can be found here) The Miami Herald Reports,President Bush stood ready at the White House, lawyers stood ready at a Florida courthouse and nurses...

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We Didn't Know What Terri Wanted - Updated Michael Schiavo has publicly stated that his goal in withholding treatment from his wife and removing her feeding tube (leading to death-by-starvation) is in accord with her wishes. During his recent appearance on the Larry King Show he gave a...

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URGENT ACTION: Congressman Jim Davis(FL) and Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz(FL) Need Convincing Let them know that should they fail to support Terri, we will ensure that their careers in Congress of the United States is over! Let them know that BlogsforTerri and the hundreds of bloggers and their hundreds of thousands of readers that support her will target them to be replaced.

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Senator Robert Wexler (Fl) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR) Are Leading The Effort To Cause Terri Schiavo To Die (Updated) From a previous post, Michael Schiavo's lawyer, George Felos, and some leaders such as Earl Blumenaur of Oregon, are going to fight hard along side their friends in the MSM to defeat the bill to save Terri. We can't let...

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MOST URGENT ACTION REQUIRED: Contact Democratic Senators Now (UPDATED) They need to be totally overwhelmed NOW with telephone calls and emails. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., issued a statement late Saturday saying he will make an objection that would stop the vote Sunday. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., said he was trying to gather enough votes to defeat the bill Monday.

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Bobby Schindler Sunday Update - Fry the phones Again! Just got off phone with Bobby and he's still in Washington. He asks that we focus tightly on frying the phones all day long.

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Terri Schiavo, Judge George Greer, and The Persistent Vegetative State: What Judge Greer Doesn't Want You To Know The following post was first published on BlogsforTerri by Richard. If one is truly dying, nature will soon take its course. The target of the Judge George Greer, George Felos, and the Woodside Hospice crowd in Pinellas County, Florida is...

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March 19, 2005

Schiavo Judge Leaves Church Amid Criticism Lifenews - The judge in the Terri Schaivo case who reissued an order Friday that prompted Terri's feeding tube to be removed for a third time has withdrawn his membership in a local Baptist Church. William Rice, the pastor of...

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Video: Delay- bill will restore nutrition & hydration Tom Delay, along with other members of congress, just held a press conference to announce they have reached agreement on a bill that will: (1) guarantee Terri Schiavo a Federal appeal and (2) restore nutrition and hydration to Terri throughout...

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Updated - We Gave Her a Chance The sister of one of our readers suffered brain damage that left her in a condition similar to that of Terri Schiavo. She writes,I have a sister who was in the same situation as Terri Schiavo. 12 years ago my...

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ATTORNEY’S LAST VISIT WITH TERRI SCHIAVO The following are Terri Schiavo's sister, Suzanne Vitadamo's and Attorney Barbara Weller's sworn testimony submitted to Judge Greer in Pinellas County Court today. Barbara Weller, Esq., is putting her entire professional reputation as an officer of the court on the...

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