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Terri Schiavo Archives


February 2, 2008

Call for Action - Save Lauren Richardson!

Lauren Richardson accidentally overdosed on heroin in August of 2006 and severely damaged her brain. She was pregnant at the time, and most likely, because of that reason, she was kept alive in order to deliver her child. Lauren delivered a healthy baby girl in February of 2007.

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September 19, 2007

National Right to Life Honors Schindler Family

The National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund will hold its 14th annual Proudly Pro-Life Awards Dinner on Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at 7:00pm at the Willard Inter-Continental Hotel in Washington, D.C. A pre-dinner reception will be held at 6:00pm....

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July 14, 2007

Was she killed or not?

Healthcare providers stopped feeding Terri Schiavo for the purpose of ending her life. Terri's brother, Bobby Schindler, and Presidential candidate Sam Brownback called this "killing" today at West Des Moines' Crossroads Fellowship Church (this article ). I agree with them....

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July 1, 2007

Schiavo Attorney Speaks Out

In this emotional, power-packed video interview, Attorney David Gibbs III, lead attorney in the fight to save the life of Terri Schiavo, explains what really happened behind the scenes in the case and why it matters to all of us....

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June 14, 2007

Another Schiavo Judge is Honored

I suppose I shouldn't be shocked by the decisions made by the judicial establishment in matters related to the case of Terri Schiavo. Yet, it's hard to believe that the judges who sealed her fate continue to receive accoloades: Florida...

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May 7, 2007

Since When Does Pro-Life Mean Killing the Disabled?

By Bobby Schindler I sat in confusion last Thursday evening while watching the GOP Presidential debate. All but one of the candidates proudly expressed their pro-life positions, and then just a short time later, in response to a question on...

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March 31, 2007





Thanks for Remembering Terri Schiavo

Theresa Marie Schindler December 3, 1963 - March 31, 2005 - The Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation Terri Schiavo: Victim of Lethal Bigotry - Freedom Eden Terri Schiavo: Finding the Answers - BlogsforTerri The dehydration death of a nation - Bobby Schindler...

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Remembering the Value of Terri Schiavo's Life

After thirteen days without food and water Terri Schiavo died on this date two years ago. Ironically, the barbaric act of taking away her food and water, the most basic of care, was marketed by the mainstream media and euthanasia...

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Terri Schiavo Died Two Years Ago

Statement from the Schindler family following the death of Theresa Marie Schindler From March 31, 2005 Pinellas Park, FL - As you are aware, Terri is now with God and she has been released from all earthly burdens. After these...

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March 27, 2007

Terri Schiavo's Brother Rebukes Bishop Lynch

TAMPA, Mar. 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- As the second anniversary of Terri Schiavo's death from dehydration on March 31, 2005, approaches, her brother, Bobby Schindler is releasing a letter written to Bishop Robert Lynch of St. Petersburg, Florida. The text...

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March 21, 2007

My op ed today: "Politicians still wrong on Terri's case"

Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney recently stated, "My view was a case like this would normally be left in the hands of a court." Romney was referring to the attempt by Congress to help save the life...

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March 18, 2007

Terri Schiavo's Life and Death

In 2005, Arizona Right to Life sponsored an evening with Bobby Schindler, brother of Terri Schiavo, who is now working full-time for the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation. The Phoenix event drew hundreds of people and included an introduction by Fr. Frank...

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Remembering Terri Schiavo

Two years ago today, at 1 p.m. March 18, 2005, the ruthless process of the execution by starvation of Terri Schindler-Schiavo began when the government, via judicial order, removed her feeding tube which provided her nutrition and hydration. Many of...

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February 13, 2007

The Media Continues To Get It Wrong on Terri Schiavo

Here is a response from Terri Schiavo's brother, Bobby Schindler, to an article by Steven Pinker, "The Mystery of Consciousness," appearing in a recent issue of TIME magazine. Mr. Pinker, I found the premise of much of what you wrote...

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January 11, 2007

Robert Schindler is Improving

Wesley Smith communicates good news about Robert Schindler, Terri Schiavo's father. His condition is improving. - more here....

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December 28, 2006

Bob Schindler Update

Wesley Smith brings us the news: Bobby Schindler reports some good news about his father: Bob has fully stabilized and he is being transferred today from the hospital to a rehabilitation center. Bob experienced no cognitive deficiencies from his strokes,...

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December 22, 2006

New Book on the Schiavo Case

Yesterday we posted information about the Tangled Web, a massive collection of articles relating to the legal, judicial, moral and ethical issues of the Terri Schindler Schiavo case. Did I mention it is available immediately as an ebook? Click here...

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December 21, 2006

Pray for Robert Schindler

Wesely Smith writes:Robert Schindler, Terri Schiavo's father, has had a stroke and is in a hospital intensive care unit. He is conscious. At present, the doctors are trying to stabilize his condition. Once that is done, he will be transferred...

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New Book "Tangled Web" Chronicles Schiavo Case

What a tangled web they weave when first they practice to deceive. It’s a case built on lies and self-serving hearsay. It’s a case built on egregious violations of law and our Constitution. It’s a case overflowing with criminal...

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October 10, 2006

No Longer in a Permanent Vegetative State

Peter (ProLifeNews.tv) links to the story of an 11-year-old boy who woke from what doctors suggested was a hopeless condition. On Oct. 7, 2004, Devon Rivers became sickened with a mysterious illness that left in a coma:Eventually, he was moved...

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October 4, 2006

Experimenting on the Incapacitated

A recent article appearing in the Journal of Medical Ethics addresses the suggestion that medical experiments should be conducted on those who are considered in a permanent vegetative state. A chilling, if not frightening, account is reported by BioEdge:What should...

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September 25, 2006

Playing vegetative mind games - a response

Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo’s brother, submits for publication the following letter in response to the Sept. 15, opinion piece by Ellen Goodman, “Playing vegetative mind games.” Ms. Goodman: I read your recent column, "Playing vegetative mind games". The lengths that...

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September 14, 2006

What Harm Does Testing Do?

She had a connection with her daughter few understood but for those who viewed Mary Schindler interacting with Terri Schiavo the obvious was an "emotional dagger to the heart." Pamela Hennessy writes a griping article about one mother's love for...

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July 12, 2006

One Terry Reminding Us of Another Terri

From our friends at the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation Center for Health Care Ethics: ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, July 12 /Christian Newswire/ -- The publicity surrounding Terry Wallis has brought attention once again to the condition of Terri Schiavo. Terry Wallis...

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July 6, 2006

Where There's Life, There's Hope

June Maxam writes a comprehensive commentary on the recovery of Terry Wallis from a "minimally conscious state" and the unfortunate decisions that led to the death of Terri Schiavo:Had Michael Schiavo allowed his wife therapy during the dozen years preceding...

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June 18, 2006

Nebraska pro-life community stands up for ordinary care

Nebraskans are circulating a petition right now to amend their state constitution to elevate food and water care to a basic, constitutionally protected right. The Nebraskans for Humane Care Committee is sponsoring this effort, which has been unanimously endorsed by...

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June 13, 2006

The Schiavo Case

Were there classic signs of strangulation?...

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June 4, 2006

The Economics of Life

The pro-life movement is celebrating victories that after over 30 years of Roe v Wade, the scourge of abortion, at least public support for it, has waned and is now the minority position. South Dakota passed an outright abortion ban...

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May 24, 2006

Drug 'Reverses' Vegetative State

The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation Center for Health Care Ethics Calls For a Moratorium of Ordinary Care Removal From Persons Diagnosed in a Persistent Vegetative State ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, May 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- Following reports that the drug Zolpidem...

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Chuck Colson: Right on Michael but Wrong on Terri Schiavo

Chuck Colson gets it right in his commentary about the worldview represented in Michael Schiavo's book:Joking aside, Michael Schiavo’s world is a dangerous and scary place, a place where the “survival of the fittest” is taken to a whole new...

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May 4, 2006

Schiavo Judge Commits Judicial Foul

According to the North Country Gazette's June Maxam, Pinellas County probate court judge George W. Greer has crossed the line.Greer appeared this past weekend as the lead speaker at the 10th anniversary symposium of the University of Pennsylvania Center for...

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May 3, 2006

Terri Schiavo Family Blasts Pro-Euthanasia Symposium

The surviving family of Terri Schiavo rallied Monday at the University of Pennsylvania’s Biomedical Research Building to opposen Judge George Greer’s participation in a pro-euthanasia symposium titled: The Legacy of Terri Schiavo: Why is it so hard to die in...

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April 13, 2006

Remembering Terri Schiavo

A press release from the Schindlers:"We are not the people you think we are." Terri Schiavo’s family recounts the infamous and highly controversial life or death case that thrust their private family in to the spotlight in A LIFE THAT...

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April 11, 2006

Michael Schiavo's Book to Become Movie

From a LifeNews.com article: Hollywood, CA (LifeNews.com) -- A group of Hollywood producers have purchased the rights to Michael Schiavo's book to produce what will likely be a biased, one-sided movie on his victorious legal battle in his efforts to...

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April 8, 2006

I'm not surprised

An attorney for the Schindler-Schiavo Foundations says that Jon Eisenberg, the California attorney who has filed a complaint against the organizations, has presented no evidence to substantiate his claim. - read the rest Related: BlogsforTerri...

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April 5, 2006

Michael Schiavo's Absurd and Twisted Logic

The American View has published an exclusive interview with Bobby Schindler, the brother of Terri Schiavo. Host John Lofton asks Schindler to comment on a recent interviewed of Michael Schiavo by Dateline's Matt Lauer (more info). One of the statements...

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April 2, 2006

Depressed about what they did to Terri Schiavo?

You're not alone:America broke my heart last year. And I just came to doubt whether any political conversation could ever matter again. I gave everything I had in me as a blogger to trying to convince people that "where there...

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March 31, 2006

Faithmouse Remembers Terri Schiavo

Thanks to Dan Lacey....

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A Life That Matters

Although some judge a book by its cover, many look at real-time sales and popularity as an indicator of public support. Consequently, Br. Paul O'Donnell, the Schindler's spiritual advisor, urges Schindler supporters to purchase their book. "It would make a...

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Terri's Story - A Must Read

Last night I had the privilege of speaking with WordNetDaily's Diana Lynne about her book, Terri's Story: The Court-Ordered Death of an American Woman. I have a lot to say about our conversation and the insight Lynne brings to the...

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Did Terri Want to Die?

Michael Schiavo has claimed that his wife, Terri, expressed a desire not to be kept alive by artificial means* should she ever be debilitated by an accident or illness. His brother and sister-in-law corroborated that assertion, which Judge George Greer...

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Was Terri's Death Painless and Serene?

Last year at this time, ABC News reported that Terri Schiavo's death is "likely to be very serene." Michael Schiavo and his attorney George Felos have described it that way as well. However, yesterday, on the Pat Campbell show, Fr....

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Terri Schiavo's Family Fights Onward

Last year Bobby Schindler spoke passionately and with emotional charge, still carrying the pain and grief that followed the public dehydration of his sister and yet describing his hope and vision for the future: Part I - Terri Schiavo's Life...

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Does Michael Schiavo Know What Terri Wanted? Does He Care?

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. He has testified that he loves his wife and is doing what...

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Terri Schiavo: Finding the Answers

This the final post in a four part series containing the full-text of a speech given by Bobby Schindler to an audience in Phoenix, AZ sponsored by Arizona Right to Life. These details and much more can be read by...

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March 30, 2006

Faithmouse Remembers Terri Schiavo

Terri Schindler Schiavo Memorial Illustration, In Progress...

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Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation Launched

Mary and Robert Schindler as well as Suzanne Schindler Vitadamo and Bobby Schindler officially launched the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation on March 30, 2006 at 11:00 am outside of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington DC. Speakers will include...

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Still Waiting for Justice to be Served

“Throughout the entire struggle to save Terri’s life and to this very day, the Schindler family has been a profound example of Christian familial love,” stated Stephen G. Peroutka, Esq., chairman of the National Pro-Life Action Center (NPLAC)—the uncompromising voice...

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Michael Schiavo Joins Pat Campbell

Orlando's best morning radio host is Pat Campbell, who continues to be a leading voice for life on 540WFLA. This morning, Michael Schiavo is scheduled to join Pat for an interview at 8:05am (EST). You can listen live by going...

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March 29, 2006

Schindler Family - 'We've Moved On'

Yesterday, the Schinder family appeared on Scarborough Country to discuss their book, A Life that Matters, and the charitable relief efforts of the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation. As usual, the group was asked to respond to numerous explosive allegations made...

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Controlling Terri Schiavo

Terri's death was never about Terri's supposed wish. Terri's death and the long struggle over it was about Michael having control, being allowed to "win" and getting what he thought was best. -- JivinJehoshaphat...

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March 28, 2006

Terri Schiavo's Family Publishes Her Story

A Life that Matters is a must read for anyone who says they are pro-life. These are the words of Br. Paul O’Donnell, a man who worked closely with the Schindler family during the dark days of their battle for...

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Legalized Killing: The PVS Diagnosis

This the third post in a four part series containing the full-text of a speech given by Bobby Schindler to an audience in Phoenix, AZ sponsored by Arizona Right to Life. These details and much more can be read by...

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March 27, 2006

Schindlers discuss Terri Schiavo Book

Bob and Mary Schindler appeared on Hannity and Colmes to talk about their fight for their daughter, Terri Schiavo, the book they wrote to honor her life (A Life that Matters) and their work on behalf of others. The...

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Disability activists remember Terri Schiavo

Disability activists marked the anniversary of Terri Schiavo’s death and vowed to renew their resolve to continue the battle to promote meaningful safeguards for the thousands of disabled Americans who, like Terri Schiavo, have guardians making life-and-death decisions on their...

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Bloggers' Best for Terri Schiavo: Anniversary Edition, pt. 2

Bloggers are invited to submit links to their best writing on Terri Schiavo's case and related issues. Dory has posted this weeks edition here....

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A Life that Matters - The Schindler's Book about Terri

LifeNews - The new book about the life and death of Terri Schiavo, written by her parents and brother and sister, hits the bookshelves on Tuesday. With a release date of just three days before Terri's ex-husband starved her to...

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Terri Schiavo's Collapse - Lauer's Description

In an NBC exclusive, Matt Lauer interviewed Michael Schiavo about his upcoming book that Schiavo claims will settle a few scores. Prior to asking Schiavo questions about his wife's 1990 collapse, Lauer laid the following groundwork for the audience:Terri Schiavo’s...

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