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*The Passing of Rober Schindler - BlogsforTerri Aug 29, 2009, 4:37 pm
We received the sad news that Bob Schindler, father of Terri Schiavo, passed away early this morning:
The family of Robert Schindler, Sr. releases the following statement:
Robert S. Schindler, Sr., of Gulfport, Florida, father of the late Terri Schindler Schiavo, passed away August 29, 2009 from heart failure at Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Robert fought valiantly to save the life of his brain- injured daughter Terri in the landmark right to life case that culminated in her
*The Shadowy World of Assisted Suicide - BlogsforTerri Mar 16, 2009, 9:30 am
Source: National Right to Life
"Mr. [Derek] Humphry said the network's protocols were deliberately written to avoid illegality. 'The person does everything themselves,' he said. ''They don the hood. They tie it around their neck. They reach forward. They turn on the gas.'''
Quoted in yesterday's New York Times. Humphry is chairman of the "Final Exit Network's" advisory board. The group promotes Humphry's suicide manual, "Final Exit."
Two weeks ago I wrote about "Alleged Assisted Sui
*New Terri Schiavo Documentary - BlogsforTerri Mar 15, 2009, 11:26 pm
LifeNews has more info on the new Terri Schiavo documentary:
A new documentary about the life and death of Terri Schiavo presents facts that the mainstream media distorted. Schiavo was killed in a painful starvation and dehydration euthanasia death over the course of nearly two weeks when her former husband won a court order to kill her.
maintained the disabled woman was in a persistent vegetative state experts say she was in a minimally conscious state and her family indicated she repeatedly
*DOCUMENTARY OF THE TERRI SCHIAVO CASE EXPLORES IMPORTANT SOCIAL ISSUES OVERLOOKED BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA - BlogsforTerri Mar 4, 2009, 9:15 pm
more here
*Life Support Battle in NY - BlogsforTerri Nov 10, 2008, 5:50 pm
The Post reports:
The family of a 12-year-old New York boy is entangled in a legal fight with Children's National Medical Center over whether doctors can cease life support because they believe he is brain-dead.
ves Motl Brody of Brooklyn, who was diagnosed with a severe form of brain cancer. The boy has been under the care of the Northwest Washington hospital for about six months. His tumor grew progressively worse, and doctors there pronounced him dead Tuesday night after tests showed no sig
*Bobby Schindler at Princeton University - BlogsforTerri May 3, 2008, 11:25 pm
*Remembering Terri Schiavo Three Years Later - BlogsforTerri Mar 31, 2008, 9:36 am
Three years ago today, Terri Schiavo died after thirteen days without sustenance, having been denied by court order the most basic of necessities. We were stunned, watching in disbelief while this brain damaged, but otherwise healthy woman, was publicly subjected to a slow, excruciating death that her caregivers called "compassionate". Could this really have happened in our beloved country? Have we sunk so low that we are willing to termiate the lives of the weak and helpless because they do
*Kevorkian Runs for Congress - BlogsforTerri Mar 25, 2008, 12:47 pm
They let him out of prison to run for congress?
Jack Kevorkian, who spent eight years in prison for his role in an assisted suicide, will take on another crusade Monday: a race for Congress....
expected to run as an independent. He was convicted in 1999 of second-degree murder in the Sept. 17, 1998, death of Thomas Youk, 52, of Waterford. Youk had Lou Gehrig's disease. Kevorkian has said he participated in at least 130 assisted suicides during the 1990s. He was released from prison in June.Ac
*Lauren Richardson - BlogsforTerri Feb 1, 2008, 5:01 pm
Lauren Richardson, a 23-year old non-dying citizen of Delaware, is in grave danger of being dehydrated and starved to death by order of the state, against the wishes of her father. - details at Defend Life
The Delaware Pro-Life Coalition is leading the fight to keep Lauren from being murdered by order of the state. They organized a prayer vigil yesterday afternoon near the Arbors Rehab Center in New Castle, DE [map]. If you would like to help out, the point of contact is Bess McAneny, 302-593-
*Are You Attending Blogs4Life 2008? - BlogsforTerri Jan 18, 2008, 6:46 am
The Third Annual Blogs4Life Conference (blogs4life.com ) is scheduled for January 21, 2008 in Washington DC. I'm writing with some exciting news with the hope that you'll be able to attend.
The Family Research Council is providing a first class meeting facility just a few blocks from the annual March for Life, the massive pro-life event which draws tens of thousands of pro-lifers (some estimate the crowd at well over 100,000) . A morning session is scheduled before the March with over a doze
*The Modern Anathema of Living with Brain Damage - BlogsforTerri Jan 17, 2008, 3:55 am
Many families are faced with decisions about what to do when their loved ones suffer serious brain injury. When individuals are unlikely to come out of so-called "vegetative states," should we discontinue nourishing them by tube feeding? Is there anything wrong with causing patients in compromised states to die from starvation and dehydration under these circumstances? We all lived through such a decision when Terri Schiavo died in 2005 in Florida. Her death raised disturbing ethical questions
*Active Euthanasia - BlogsforTerri Jan 11, 2008, 2:18 pm
Canadian doctors fight to end their patient's life opposed by family members.
*Fighting for Javona - BlogsforTerri Jan 15, 2008, 1:58 pm
The parents of Javona Peters have disagreed on whether to remove a feeding tube and end what's left of her life. - more The teenager has been in a state described as "vegetative" since an "unforeseeable reaction to a routine anesthesia agent" during brain surgery in October 2007. Recent legal maneuverings appear to set an unfortunate stage for the young girls future.
*Jack Kevorkian visits Florida - BlogsforTerri Jan 16, 2008, 3:32 am
The infamous proponent of assisted suicide was greeted by over 4,000 protesters:As dozens of pro-life advocates rallied outside, assisted suicide crusader Jack Kevorkian delivered an angry and rambling speech. Although he can only talk about euthanasia in a limited fashion, he advocates the legalization of assisted suicide and blasted President Bush, calling him a tyrant.The AP reports the unrepentant words of the man convicted of assisting in 130 suicides:
"I am a physician. I knew how to do i
*An Apology Due Terri Schiavo - BlogsforTerri Nov 23, 2007, 9:24 pm
George Stephanopoulos and ABC News owe the family of Terri Schindler Schiavo an apology.
He owes one to the American public too as does Fred Thompson, Republican presidential candidate.
How can the public have any trust in such grossly uninformed media figures as Stephanopoulos who obviously doesn't take the time to learn the facts of an issue or Thompson who aspires to be President. Is that how he would run the country, by basing his opinions on major issues by guess, gosh and speculation r
*To the supporters of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition - BlogsforTerri Nov 22, 2007, 6:13 pm
Mark Pickup, Dr Will Johnson, and Dr. Margaret Somerville have agreed to be interviewed by CTV Newsnet - The Verdict with Paula Todd in response to the airing of the video "The Suicide Tourist"
Mark lives near Edmonton and has lived with MS for more than 20 years and is an excellent speaker and advocate on issues related to assisted suicide and disability.
Dr. Johnston is from Vancouver and is the President of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition - BC
Dr. Somerville is from Montreal's McGill C
*the growing problem of euthanasia - BlogsforTerri Jul 26, 2007, 10:03 am
Bobby Schindler was interviewed at a recent international conference titled "Sense and Obligation on the Present State of the Euthanasia Debate." The conference was organized in the Hartheim Castle, a site once used by the Nazis for euthanizing the handicapped:
Q: This conference took place at the emblematic location of Hartheim, one of the seven main euthanasia centers of the Nazi regime. Approximately 30,000 people -- mostly children -- were killed there. More than 60 years later, can you fin
*Keep Dr. Death Away from our Campuses! - BlogsforTerri Jul 20, 2007, 12:01 am
From the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation:
He's at it again.
You might have heard that Jack Kevorkian, a.k.a. Dr. Death, was released early from prison on June 1, for "good behavior" following his conviction for second degree murder.
Not surprisingly, our mainstream media has already begun to help the "doctor" use his "plight" as a reason to promote the legalization of assisted suicide -- allegedly for the terminally ill -- even though we know that many of his victims suffered only from d
*Please Don't Confuse This Story with Terri Schiavo - BlogsforTerri Jul 12, 2007, 8:44 am
July 12, 2007 (North Country Gazette)
By Bobby Schindler
One can't help but wonder if perhaps the mainstream media is feeling a growing sense of uneasiness regarding Terri's death.
In the two years since my sister died I have witnessed an increasing determination on their part to convince the public that she was "hopeless" and in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) regardless of any and all evidence to the contrary.
I believe this is happening because of the increasing number of quest
*Say No to Dr. Death Petition - BlogsforTerri Jul 13, 2007, 8:41 am
After his release from prison on June 1 for "good behavior," Jack Kevorkian, a.k.a. Dr. Death, resumed his promotion of assisted suicide as a humane conclusion for the terminally ill. He told Larry King that he felt it was important to speak to young people in high school and college about these issues.
Apparently the University of Florida agrees. According to the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation, Dr. Kevorkian, a convicted felon and defrocked doctor, is scheduled to speak to the students t
*An Update on Jesse Ramirez - BlogsforTerri Jul 2, 2007, 2:00 pm
Jesse Ramirez unintentionally became the center of significant controversy after a car accident left him in a "minimally conscious" state. Ten days into his recovery his wife decided to withdraw what I consider to be basic care by removing his feeding tube. Jesse was also transferred to a hospice.
In response, his family took legal action and, with the assistance of the Alliance Defense Fund, were successful in restoring basic care. In addition, the presiding judge appointed Judith Morse
*What's the Rush? - BlogsforTerri Jun 27, 2007, 8:23 am
That's the question Bobby Schindler asked in the case involving Jesse Ramirez, the Arizona man whose case paralleled that of Schindler's sister, Terri Schiavo, until Ramirez woke up. The Arizona Republic reports:
...Bobby Schindler of the Florida-based Terri Schindler Shiavo Foundation placed the blame on a medical establishment quick to dismiss patients with brain injuries.
brother of Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged Florida woman who died in 2005 after a decades-long court battle.
"What is t
*Permanent Vegetative State (PVS) Diagnosis Often Inaccurate More Data Shows - BlogsforTerri Jun 26, 2007, 8:26 pm
By Hilary White
RHODES, June 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - News-Medical.net is reporting on a series of studies that show a high rate of misdiagnosis and inaccuracy in patients deemed to be in a "permanent vegetative state" (PVS). The researchers say that the problem is grounds for "extreme caution" in decisions that might "limit the life chances" of patients. The pretext of a PVS diagnosis is commonly put forward by the euthanasia movement as a reason to allow euthanasia by dehydration, as in
*Yes, they deserve it ... - BlogsforTerri Jun 26, 2007, 8:28 pm
The National Right to Life Committee plans to award the Schindler family with its highest honor at its Proudly Pro-Life Dinner in October in the nation's capital. - LifeNews
*Bobby Schindler at the National Right to Life Convention - BlogsforTerri Jun 16, 2007, 10:28 am
We don't have his full speech but here's a few quotesBobby Schindler, sister of the late Terri Schiavo, attended on behalf of the foundation created to defend rights of disabled people in jeopardy of being put to death through withdrawal of hydration and nutrition. Schiavo, who suffered brain damage, was allowed to die in 2005 after the Schindler family unsuccessfully fought in court to prevent Schiavo's husband from denying sustenance to his wife.
aws to protect people on death row than peopl
*Arizona Case Parallels that of Terri Schiavo - BlogsforTerri Jun 15, 2007, 3:19 am
Without the legal intervention of his family, Jesse Ramirez would be slowly dehydrated, suffering the same fate as Terri Schiavo. Today in Arizona, a Maricopa County Court Judge ordered that Ramirez be given nutrition and hydration through feeding tubes.
"This is a darn good step toward the best decisions for Jesse," the Arizona Repubic quoted Gary McCaleb, the attorney for the family. "Yesterday he was not getting food and water. Today he is."
Judge Paul Katz also appointed an attorney to p
*Canadians Support Assisted Suicide? - BlogsforTerri Jun 11, 2007, 9:10 pm
On June 10, 2007, the Ipsos Reid polling company released the results of a poll that was done between June 5 - 7, that included two questions related to assisted suicide. The results of the poll indicated that 71% of Canadians supported doctor-assisted suicide and 76% supported the concept of the "Right to Die".
Yes, it's bogus. Here's why.
*Killing as a Career Choice - BlogsforTerri Jun 11, 2007, 1:34 pm
We're disgusted by the disparity in treatment pro-life individuals receive from the mainstream media versus those who support assisted suicide and euthanasia. In this column, Bobby Schindler makes a clear case based on the heroes welcome Dr. Death received on 60-Minutes:
By Bobby Schindler
robably heard by now that Dr. Jack Kevorkian was released early from prison last week for "good behavior" after serving only eight years of his 10- to 25-year sentence following his conviction for second-de
*Terri Schiavo: An Indelible Impact - BlogsforTerri Jun 4, 2007, 1:05 pm
On May 27, USA TODAY released a list titled, "Lives of indelible impact" over the past 25 years. Number 12 on this list was Terri Schiavo.
The introduction that also included Pope John II, Mother Teresa and the heroes of 911 began by stating, "They blazed trails. They showed courage. They made us cry. They are the 25 on USA TODAY's list of people who moved us in the past quarter- century. Most are famous, but some are ordinary folks in extraordinary situations. Many became accidental leaders,
*Futile Care Law Dies - BlogsforTerri May 25, 2007, 11:26 am
The bill that would modified the Texas Care Law has itself been declared futile:
A proposal to extend the time for medically futile patients before a hospital can cut off their life support has died in the Texas House, a victim of legislative deadlines and backroom disputes.
already approved in the Senate, had been scheduled to be voted on in the House on Tuesday. However, it never came up for debate before a midnight deadline set for the passage of certain bills.
"It's dead -- dead for now,"
*Emilio has passed away - BlogsforTerri May 20, 2007, 5:04 am
News reports bring us the sad news that baby Emilio Gonzales passed away Saturday night. May his mother find comfort in this time of grief, satisfied with their bold stand for Emilio's life. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
*Futile Care Theory - BlogsforTerri May 11, 2007, 1:54 pm
What if hospitals could put a sign over their doors stating, "We reserve the right to refuse life-sustaining care?" People would be outraged. Yet that is precisely what Texas law explicitly grants to hospitals -- namely, to say no to wanted life-sustaining treatment, on the basis of subjective judgments about the quality of the patient's life. It is an example of a bioethical concept known as Futile Care Theory, a.k.a. medical futility.
more here by Wesley Smith
*Greer is at it again ... - BlogsforTerri May 18, 2007, 10:57 am
The judge that authorized the painful euthanasia death of Terri Schiavo is taking his act on the road again. Circuit County Judge George Greer is one of the most controversial figures in law and he frequently speaks at various events -- this time appearing at a Florida Bar conference.
In conjunction with Stetson University's law school, the Florida Bar is hosting a media law seminar focusing on the relationship between the law and the media.
LifeNews
*Since When Does Pro-Life Mean Killing the Disabled? - BlogsforTerri May 7, 2007, 6:04 pm
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 the Terri Schiavo case, some of them stated that the courts should decide whether or not it was acceptable for an innocent disabled woman to be starved and dehydrated to death.
Wait a second, wasn't it the courts that made it legal to kill unborn childre
*Update on Emilio - BlogsforTerri May 11, 2007, 11:44 am
From KXAN:
A brief filed by the court-appointed guardian ad litem is siding with the hospital.
litem was assigned by the court last month to investigate both sides in this debate. On one side is the mother of 17-month-old Emilio Gonzales. She says despite her son suffering from Leigh's Disease, a degenerative disorder, he still responds to her. Unfortunately, the report suggests the guardian ad litem is expected to side with the hospital rather than the boys parents. The guardian ad litem is
*Emilio Gonzales Remains on Life Support - BlogsforTerri Apr 10, 2007, 1:03 pm
JacquefromTexas sent us the following news:
A Temporary Restraining Order has been issued - to keep 18-month old Emilio Gonzales on life support
4/10/2007
A Travis Judge has ruled on the side of mother trying to keep her son on life support. Catarina Gonzales gets more time with her child. A temporary restraining order has been issued against the seton family of hospitals. This order gives Gonzales more time to look for a transfer facility for her son Emilio. Jerri Ward, Attorney for Gonzal
*Texas Futile Care Case Continues - BlogsforTerri Apr 6, 2007, 7:58 am
A federal judge rejected a request by the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) for a temporary restraining order that would allow 16-month-old Emilio Gonzales of Texas to continue to receive life-saving treatment:
Doctors believe Gonzales has Leigh's disease, which causes degeneration of the central nervous system and could eventually kill him. Experts say someone with the disease can live to be 7 years old.
l hear you, some days he won't," Catarina Gonzales said of her son.
She knows Emilio will die
*Thanks for Remembering ... - BlogsforTerri Mar 31, 2007, 3:25 pm
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 for WND
Terri Schiavo Passed Away 2 Years Ago Today - Proecclesia
Death Does Not Have The Last Word - North Country Gazette
I remember Terri. Do you?? - And Rightly So
Remembering Terri Schindler-Schiavo - Life at the Frontier
TERRI
*Remembering Terri Schiavo - BlogsforTerri Mar 31, 2007, 10:22 am
Thanks to Dan Lacey.
*Exporting Murder - BlogsforTerri Mar 31, 2007, 6:51 am
Zimbabwe has a thoroughly corrupt government that has brought the once prosperous nation to ruin by systematically destroying the economy while engaging in fraudulent elections, encouraging campaigns of intimidation and murder, eliminating the free press, creating massive groups of homeless squatters and persecuting critics.
As you read, you may have already concluded that this article is about the detrimental impact the government of Zimbabwe has had on African nations and the world at larg
*Remembering Terri Schiavo - By Bobby Schindler - BlogsforTerri Mar 31, 2007, 6:56 am
Shortly after his sister's death, Bobby Schindler spoke passionately and with emotional charge, still carrying the pain and grief that followed the public dehydration of Terri Schiavo and yet describing his hope and vision for the future:
Part I - Terri Schiavo's Life and Death
http://www.blogsforterri.com/archives/2006/03/bobby_schindler_7.php">Part II - Terri Schiavo and the Culture of Death Movement
Part III - Legalized Killing: The PVS Diagnosis
Part IV - Terri Schiavo: Finding the Answe
*Terri Died Two Years Ago - BlogsforTerri Mar 31, 2007, 3:21 am
Visit: The Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation, Honor her memory
*The Dehydration Death of a Nation - BlogsforTerri Mar 31, 2007, 3:28 am
Saturday, March 31, will mark the two-year anniversary of my sister Terri Schiavo's death by dehydration. Not a day passes that my family does not think of my sister and relive the horrific images of her needless and brutal death at the hands of those who deliberately set out to kill her.
As hideous as it was, the truth is, long before Terri's case made headlines, the removal of basic care - food and water - was becoming commonplace. It continues to happen every day across our country oftenti
*Remembering Terri Two Years Later - BlogsforTerri Mar 31, 2007, 9:58 am
Two years ago today, Terri Schiavo died after thirteen days without sustenance, having been denied by court order the most basic of necessities. We were stunned, watching in disbelief while this brain damaged, but otherwise healthy woman, was publicly subjected to a slow, excruciating death that her caregivers called "compassionate". Could this really have happened in our beloved country? Have we sunk so low that we are willing to termiate the lives of the weak and helpless because they do n
*Terri Schiavo: Finding the Answers - BlogsforTerri Mar 31, 2007, 1:03 am
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 simply ordering a copy A Life that Matters.
Part I - Terri Schiavo's Life and Death
Sadly, in preparation for the trial the priest spoke only to Michael Schiavo's attorney, and to Michael Schiavo, who as I mentioned, was openly engaged to another woman at the same time. I guess the
*The Culture of Dying in America - BlogsforTerri Mar 30, 2007, 10:34 pm
Advance-directive legislation was passed or amended in dozens of states across the nation in the 1990s. Just where did these laws come from? Diana Lynne, author of Terri's story, gives the fanscinating, if not horrifying answer in a powerful WorldNetDaily column:A decade-long campaign by bioethicists, right-to-die proponents, and leaders in the hospice industry seeking to "corner the market" on death, in the words of one prominent hospice administrator. Primarily funded by $148 million from t
*The inconvenient truth about Terri Schiavo and euthanasia - BlogsforTerri Mar 30, 2007, 1:32 pm
Many comments to my blog post yesterday, "Death Angel vs. Terri Schiavo," perpetuated false information, which Terri's brother Bobby dispels in a column today
The most obvious thread between abortion support and euthanasia support is promotion of death. The underlying thread is selfishness, i.e., promotion of convenience.
Over 90% of abortions are for convenience, either as primary or secondary birth control.
Likewise, every euthanasia enthusiast I read on my blog supports it for conve
*Terri Schiavo's Final Day - BlogsforTerri Mar 30, 2007, 8:30 pm
Terri Schindler Schiavo's feeding tube, allowing her to recieve food and water, was removed by order of Judge George Greer. Two years ago today, March 30, 2005, marked Terri's thirteenth day, and final day of being dehyrdrated and starved to death.
TerrisFight
*Autopsy Cannot Confirm a Clinical Diagnosis - BlogsforTerri Mar 29, 2007, 9:59 am
Two years ago we wrote ....
Although Michael Schiavo, through his attorney George Felos, has suggested that a planned autopsy of Terri Schiavo will confirm the extent of her brain injury, medical experts reject the use of a post mortem examination to confirm a prior clinical diagnosis. The following quotes from medical experts appeared in MedPageToday:"Persistent vegetative state or minimally conscious state is a clinical diagnosis," says Michael De Georgia, MD, head of the neurology/neurosur
*Legalized Killing: The PVS Diagnosis - BlogsforTerri Mar 29, 2007, 5:57 am
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 simply ordering a copy A Life that Matters.
Part I - Terri Schiavo's Life and Death
Part II - Terri Schiavo and the Culture of Death Movement
Part III - Legalized Killing: The PVS Diagnosis
Part IV - Terri Schiavo: Finding the Answers/>
Bobby Schindler - Part III - Legalized Kill
*Day 11 - Terri Schiavo - BlogsforTerri Mar 29, 2007, 2:28 am
On March 18, 2005, Terri Schindler Schiavo's feeding tube, allowing her to recieve food and water, was removed by order of Judge George Greer. Two years ago today, March 28, 2005, marked Terri's eleventh day of being dehyrdrated and starved to death.
-- Terrisfight.org
*Terri Schiavo-- Enduring Questions - BlogsforTerri Mar 29, 2007, 3:02 pm
If the sad case of Terri Schiavo has demonstrated anything, it has pointed to a horrible set of legal precedents and court decisions. The courts have increasingly identified a "right to die" as a matter of legal protection and, in some cases, of constitutional right. In so doing, the courts have put themselves into inevitable conflict with larger moral questions.
When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its infamous Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion in 1973, it based its decision on a medical struc
*A Letter from Bobby Schindler - BlogsforTerri Mar 27, 2007, 4:19 pm
As you may already know, on Saturday, March 31, we will mark the two-year anniversary of Terri's death by dehydration. While this sad date brings the horror of her death into sharper focus, there is not a day that passes that we do not think of Terri and the suffering that she endured at the hands of those who deliberately set out to have her killed.
In the time since Terri's death, Terri's Foundation has been working to develop a national network of resources and support to help families whos
*March 27, 2005 - Day 10 - Terri Schiavo - BlogsforTerri Mar 27, 2007, 1:14 pm
Imagine being without food or water for 10 days:On March 18, 2005, Terri Schindler Schiavo's feeding tube, allowing her to recieve food and water, was removed by order of Judge George Greer. Two years ago today, March 27, 2005, marked Terri's tenth day of being dehyrdrated and starved to death.
, executive director of the Christian Medical Association, issued a press release March 23, 2005.
As dehydration begins, there is extreme thirst, dry mouth and thick saliva ... severe cramping in the a
*A Life that Matters - BlogsforTerri Mar 25, 2007, 6:49 am
Terri's parents, brother, and sister speak out--for Terri and themselves. A LIFE THAT MATTERS may well change every assumption you have about Terri's too-brief life and and prolonged, agonizing death.
Here the people who loved her and knew her best tell the story not only of the fifteen years Terri struggled to stay alive, but of a gentle child who brought happiness to everyone she touched.
This is the story of a normal adolescent who blossomed into the beautiful young woman who captured Mi
*Fired for Refusing to Remove a Feeding Tube - BlogsforTerri Mar 25, 2007, 5:37 am
This message came from a reader during the fight for Terri Schiavo's Life two years ago: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 and no appropriate testing was done to make that determination. I witnessed how one of the patient's died. It was horrible! We won a lawsuit and then the state supreme court overturned the jury verdict that had been in our fa
*Fired Nurse Claims Terri Felt Pain - BlogsforTerri Mar 23, 2007, 8:47 am
It was two years ago that we wrote ...
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 by neuroligist William Cheshire, who examined Terri and her medical records, those who are in a persistent vegetative state "do not have the capacity to experience pain or suffering.... If Terri is consciously aware
*100 Hours of Starvation - BlogsforTerri Mar 23, 2007, 1:30 am
Two years ago today, as her family unsuccessfully petitioned a federal appelate court, Terri Schiavo was been without sustenance for over 100 hours and was likely experiencing the effects of starvation described by St. Louis neurologist William Burke.A conscious [cognitively disabled] person would feel it just as you or I would. They will go into seizures. Their skin cracks, their tongue cracks, their lips crack. They may have nosebleeds because of the drying of the mucus membranes, and heaving
*Institutional Murder is Commonplace - BlogsforTerri Mar 23, 2007, 4:08 am
Park Pickup, founder of Human Life Matters, recently wrote about a woman (45) who developed pneumonia at the group home where she lived for ten years. She was rushed to the hospital in serious condition.
Doctors spoke grimly about Jane's prognosis and advised her parents to put her in a hospice where she would be denied nutrition and hydration until she dies. Jane's parents who visited her twice a year throughout her decade at the group home agreed.
Jane was put in a hospice, sedated and den
*HMOs Support Suicide - BlogsforTerri Mar 23, 2007, 12:40 am
California Association of Physicians Groups (CAPG), an organization representing HMO's responsible for 50 percent of the state's health care, are in support of assisted suicide legalization (AB 374). Wesley Smith comments:
This is one medical endorsement that I welcome for assisted suicide because it reflects an important truth about the whole movement: It is about money and "treating" the most expensive patients with a lethal overdose. Talk about cost containment!Disability rights organization
*Terri Schiavo and the Culture of Death Movement - BlogsforTerri Mar 23, 2007, 12:42 am
This post is the second part of several containing the full-text of a speech given by Bobby Schindler to an audience in Phoenix, AZ. We first published it on this date one year ago as part of our series remembering Terri Schiavo and the struggle for her life. Of course, these details and much more can be read by simply ordering a copy A Life that Matters.
Part I - Terri Schiavo's Life and Death
Part II - Terri Schiavo and the Culture of Death Movement
Part III - Legalized Killing: The PVS
*Emilio Gonzales: A Message to our Readers - BlogsforTerri Mar 21, 2007, 1:52 pm
The good news related to Emilio Gonzales is that his hospital has agreed to extend his treatment to April 10 and is assisting the family with a transfer. Today we received this important message from Jerri Ward:
I am the attorney for Catarina and Emilio Gonzales, and I have a request. I am requesting of all our supporters that they refrain from calling Emilio's treating physicians at the hospital, their offices or their homes.
I am making this request, because unknown supporters have been
*Is Terri thanking Michael? - BlogsforTerri Mar 21, 2007, 4:40 am
He thinks so:March 21, 2006 -- Terri Schiavo's husband insists that, despite what her devastated family thinks, she is now "praising" him in heaven for pulling the plug on her one year ago.
ight now praising me . . . and saying thank you," Michael Schiavo asserts in his first TV sit-down since his tragic, once- comatose wife succumbed at a Florida hospital last March, sparking a national de bate on right-to-die is sues.
The husband - ap pearing on NBC's "Dateline" to hawk his new tell-all t
*On the matter of Judicial terrorism - BlogsforTerri Mar 20, 2007, 12:05 pm
Published two years ago, this article remains a remarkable reminder of what the courts did to Terri Schiavo.
- WorldNetDaily, by David Bass
The court-ordered starvation death of Terri Schindler-Schiavo has begun.
Thumbing his nose at congressional subpoenas designed to launch an investigation into the case that has captured worldwide attention, Circuit Court Judge George Greer ordered on Friday that Terri's sustenance and hydration tube be removed, claiming there is "no cogent reason" why Co
*Updated - My sister was given a second chance at life, and Terri deserved that same chance! - BlogsforTerri Mar 20, 2007, 7:56 am
This post originally appeared two years ago and is being republished to mark the anniversary of the court ordered decisions that led Terri Schiavo's caregivers to stop giving her food and water.
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 sister had a sudden cardiac arrest episode that caused major damage to her brain. Four days
*Texas mom fights to save her young child's life - BlogsforTerri Mar 20, 2007, 10:09 am
Hospital "ethics" committee votes that toddler does not deserve treatment, boy may die by Friday
AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas mother is urgently battling to save her child's life after officials at the Children's Hospital of Austin deemed the toddler's life as "futile" and voted to end his treatment as of Friday, March 23, 2007. Without the treatment, the boy, named Emilio, will most likely die on Friday.
"This is a no-brainer. The Children's Hospital of Austin needs to do the right thing and f
My daughter was severely brain-injured - BlogsforTerri Mar 19, 2007, 9:39 am
Cathy, one of our readers, shared the following testimony of love and life:My daughter was severely brain-injured at the age of 9. We were told she was in a PVS and that I should put her in a home and get on with my life. I couldn't imagine it, and was lucky enough to find a group that taught coma-stimulation therapy that we could administer to her at my home with the help of volunteers.
ng Bree home 8 months after her accident and we started doing the therapy soon therafter. She started r
*My Experience Walking in Terri's Shoes and Fighting for her Life - BlogsforTerri Mar 19, 2007, 4:37 am
Several years ago, when The Terri Schiavo Foundation was looking for individuals who had gone through similar experiences as Terri, I wrote to them. In 1996 I suffered a severe asthma attack, lapsed into a coma for three months and was declared to be in a severe vegetative state. I regained consciousness three months later.
My letters of support to Terri's family began a friendship between her siblings and me. Her brother and I used to talk on the phone regularly. He once said, "It's quite ir
*Toddler Forced Off Life Support - Help Needed - BlogsforTerri Mar 18, 2007, 5:59 pm
Melanie Childlers, one of Andrea Clark's sisters, wrote the following disturbing message concerning Emilio Gonzales, the 16-month-old boy who is set to be taken off "life support" against his mother's wishes:
Emilio Gonzales is a sixteen month old infant at Brackenridge Children's Hospital in Austin, TX. He has been diagnosed with Leigh's disease. Leigh's disease is a genetic malady which is caused by a lack of functional mitochondrial complexes. There is NO DEFINITIVE TEST for Leigh's disease,
*Joint Statement of Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay - BlogsforTerri Mar 18, 2007, 8:23 am
WASHINGTON, March 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay today released the following statement:
"It's unconscionable that Senate Democrats led by Senators Harry Reid and Ron Wyden would not allow a vote to move forward on critical legislation the House passed last night to save and protect Terri Schiavo's life. House Republicans knew we had a moral obligation to act and we did just that last night. As Terri Schiavo lays helpless in Flo
*Last Ditch Effort to Save Terri - BlogsforTerri Mar 18, 2007, 4:22 am
In a last-ditch effort to save Terri Schiavo's life, a House committee planned to issue subpoenas Friday to stop doctors from removing the severely brain-damaged woman's feeding tube. ... Two years ago.
*Terri Schiavo's Life and Death - BlogsforTerri Mar 18, 2007, 2:45 am
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 Pavone, president of Priests for Life.
The evening was important because it called attention to the secular mindset that led to the acceptance of Terri Schiavo's death and set a vision for reversing laws that devalue the disabled and equa
*Two Years Later ---The World Remembers Terri Schindler-Schiavo - BlogsforTerri Mar 18, 2007, 1:00 am
Two years ago today, at 1 p.m. March 18, 2005, the long, painful and barbaric process of the court-ordered 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 us remember what we were doing and where we were at the time. We never thought the United States government was capable of the act which was perpetrated against a helpless disabled woman. Terri's slow and agonizi
*Statement by the President Two Years Ago - BlogsforTerri Mar 17, 2007, 9:21 am
March 17, 2005
The case of Terri Schiavo raises complex issues. Yet in instances like this one, where there are serious questions and substantial doubts, our society, our laws, and our courts should have a presumption in favor of life. Those who live at the mercy of others deserve our special care and concern. It should be our goal as a nation to build a culture of life, where all Americans are valued, welcomed, and protected ? and that culture of life must extend to individuals with disabi
Her Husband Recovered - BlogsforTerri Mar 17, 2007, 4:16 am
From time to time we've received testimonials from readers who identified with the Schindler family and watched with great saddness as their daughter was lost. We appreciate the following letter from Caryn:As the sole caregiver for my brain damaged spouse over 15 yrs it pains me greatly how Terri's husband has been able to treat her and her family. Even when I was angry with my husband's family, my mother always reminded me that was being selfish and I should never deny him from his family. My
*is Starvation Really Painless? - BlogsforTerri Mar 17, 2007, 12:18 am
Two years ago Michael Schiavo and his attorney, George Felos, appeared on Nightline to discuss their bid to withhold nourishment and hydration from Terri Schiavo for the purpose of ending her life. Michael's statements included the following assertionsTerry will not be starved to death. Her nutrition and hydration will be taken away. This happens across this country every day.
somebody's nutrition is very painless. That has been brought to the courts many of times. Doctors have come in and
DCF DECLINED TO TAKE ACTION - BlogsforTerri Mar 16, 2007, 8:24 pm
We have received information tonight from the Schindlers that the Department of Children and Families has decided that there is insufficient evidence of abuse to proceed.
One year ago
Tribute to the Schindlers - BlogsforTerri Mar 16, 2007, 4:12 pm
Theresa May de Vera entered a hospital "clinically dead" after a severing asthma attack. Despite recommendations by doctors to "pull the plug", her parents didn't give up and she recovered and went on to study Theology in graduate school.
Theresa participated in protests over Terri's starvation and has put together a touching video collage which we've posted here. She writes:I created that video montage as a tribute to the Schindler Family. My family went through the same anguish and peril
*Two years ago... TERRI SCHIAVO'S NURSE SPEAKS OUT - BlogsforTerri Mar 16, 2007, 3:14 pm
CARLA SAUER IYER, R.N., who being first duly sworn, deposes and
says:
1. My name is Carla Sauer Iyer. I am over the age of eighteen and make this statement of my own personal knowledge.
2. I am a registered nurse in the State of Florida, having been licensed continuously in Florida from 1997 to the present. Prior to that I was a Licensed Practical Nurse for about four years.
3. I was employed at Palm Garden of Largo Convalescent Center in Largo, Florida from April of 1995 to July 1996, while
*Why the Rush to Kill Terri Schindler-Schiavo? - BlogsforTerri Mar 16, 2007, 10:11 am
Remembering two years ago:
- Donald B. Hawthorne at Anchor Rising
An American citizen, Terri Schindler-Schiavo, is scheduled to be starved to death starting this Friday, March 18, by the order of an American judge.
I am deeply saddened that this could happen in America. This is not just an ugly family quarrel, as some suggest. Nor is this just a matter where Terri's family needs to "learn to let go."
No, this is a precedent-setting legal case that will likely have long-standing implications
*Starving for a Fair Diagnosis - BlogsforTerri Mar 16, 2007, 6:09 am
Two years ago:And, quite apart from the question of Terri's therapy and care, it is entirely likely that Terri has never been properly diagnosed. Terri is usually described as being in a Persistent Vegetative State (PVS), and indeed Judge Greer ruled as a finding of fact that she is PVS; but this diagnosis and finding were arrived at in a way that has many neurologists expressing surprise and dismay. - Fr. Rob Johansen
By Father Rob Johansen writing in The National Review - Terri Schiavo is
*Assisted Suicides at All Time High New Oregon Figures Show - BlogsforTerri Mar 15, 2007, 1:25 pm
Oregon is well down the slippery slope:
The number of Oregon residents using the state's assisted suicide law to kill themselves is on the rise. New figures from the state's health department show more people in Oregon died under the assisted suicide law in 2006 than any year previously.
Human Services of Oregon, in its annual report, reveals that 46 Oregonians, most of them suffering from cancer, kill themselves after getting a prescription for a lethal amount of drugs from their physician.
*Remembering: Congress makes last-minute try to save Terri Schiavo - BlogsforTerri Mar 15, 2007, 6:05 am
Two years ago: A group of House and Senate Republicans worked hard to approve a new law that would provide one last shot at federal court review for Terri Schiavo
"We're fighting a clock," said Sen. Mel Martinez, who introduced the legislation, along with fellow Florida Republican Rep. Dave Weldon.
*Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation News Alert - BlogsforTerri Mar 14, 2007, 1:30 pm
From TerrisFight.org:
March 2007
As you know, it has been two years since the court-ordered execution by dehydration of our beloved daughter Terri Schindler Schiavo. As we watched her precious life slowly slip away from us, we truly thought we had hit rock bottom both personally and as a nation. We are still horrified that such a tragedy could happen in America where similar treatment of a convicted criminal or even a pet dog would be both illegal and widely condemned by the public and the me
*Two Years Ago Today - BlogsforTerri Mar 14, 2007, 7:05 am
We quoted World Net Daily:
If Terri's feeding tube is removed and she dies, it will be a permanent stain on the honor of this country and our system of law. It is a fact that we deliberately, legally, kill unborn children for reasons that have nothing to do with the child or its condition.
erri Schiavo, the door to legally eliminating "the imperfect" among us has been opened. If Terri dies - as the Florida court is ordering, as her husband-in-name-only demands, as his euthanasia-supporter a
*Suzanne Vitadamo: Every Human Life Has Equal Moral Value - BlogsforTerri Mar 14, 2007, 6:01 am
Suzanne Vitadamo, sister of Terri Schindler Schiavo, spoke about her family's struggle to care for her disabled sister in Kennewick on Saturday as one of the featured speakers at the 3rd Annual It's About Life Conference sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Council. - read the rest
*Experts have Limited Knowledge - BlogsforTerri Mar 13, 2007, 9:14 pm
Last night the Discovery Channel aired a program reminding me of Terry Wallis, the individual who woke-up after 19 years in a vegetative state. An article in Technology Review explains:In 2003, 19 years after a car accident left him in a minimally conscious state, 39-year-old Terry Wallis spontaneously started to speak. Now, using specialized MRI scans, researchers have examined Wallis's brain and found remarkable changes in his white matter. The findings could one day help scientists underst
*Romney: Government Shouldn't Have Stopped Terri Schiavo's Euthanasia - BlogsforTerri Mar 13, 2007, 8:02 am
From LifeNews.com and the Orlando Sentinel (via Students for Brownback):During the battle, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the state legislature intervened on behalf of the Schindler family and passed a bill allowing Bush to prevent Michael from killing Terri.
rday to the Bay News 9 television station in a taped interview, Romney said he disagreed with that action.
"I think it's probably best to leave these kinds of matters in the hands of the courts," Romney said.This is an unfortunate stan
*Bobby Schindler, Brother of Terri Schiavo, Endorses Brownback for President - BlogsforTerri Mar 13, 2007, 8:26 am
Bobby Schindler Endorses Brownback for President Terri Schiavo's brother thanks Brownback for his efforts to protect all human life
ALEXANDRIA , Va. - U.S. Senator Sam Brownback received an endorsement today from Bobby Schindler, the brother of the late Terri Schiavo. Schiavo died nearly two years ago from starvation and dehydration after a court mandated the removal of her feeding tube, sparking a nationwide bipartisan effort to save her life.
"My family will never forget Sam Brownback's val
*The Long Farewell of a Hunger Strike - BlogsforTerri Mar 9, 2007, 6:06 am
Two years ago Pamela Hennessy wrote about the death via starvation that awaits Terri Schiavo later this week if government officials do not intervene on her behalf.I've been wanting to lose some weight and I suppose now's as good a time as any.
tarvation and dehydration date of March 18, 2005 set for disabled Terri Schiavo, a number of activists are planning a hunger strike and I'm going to join them.
The act of self-deprivation in the form of a hunger strike is nothing new, but it's a hazard
*Christa Lilly Awoke - BlogsforTerri Mar 9, 2007, 12:50 am
Following our prior article, here's more information on the woman who was/is in a "vegetative state": A woman who has been in a coma-like state for more than six years awoke for three days this week to talk with family members and eat her favorite foods before relapsing.
and grinning and told my staff she wanted to go to a club, even doing a little chair dance in her wheelchair," said one of her doctors, Randall Bjork.
The woman, Christa Lilly, 49, suffered a cardiac arrest in November 2000.
*Woman Awakes From 'Vegetative State' After 6 Years (Updated) - BlogsforTerri Mar 8, 2007, 5:59 pm
Her doctors call Christa Lilly's recovery a miracle, and was heard on Fox News to say that he is now looking at the so-called vegetative state in an entirely different light - and that it's time to rethink the matter of euthanizing patients, as has become more prevalent in recent years.The Southern Colorado mom had slipped into a vegetative state and remained that way for more than six years after suffering a heart attack and then a stroke. Now, because no one decided to starve her to death lik
*Speaker of the California Assembly Flip Flops on Assisted Suicide - BlogsforTerri Feb 19, 2007, 6:43 am
Democrat Fabian Nunez, speaker of the California assembly and a rising political star, is reversing his position on assisted suicide. After opposing bills that would allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives with medication, Nunez now says he backs the idea. - WorldMagBlog
"They're going to die," Nuñez said of those who would qualify for the lethal drugs. "The question is how much pain and suffering is involved and how much of that person's dignity is taken away from him or her."
*The Media Continues To Get It Wrong on Terri Schiavo - BlogsforTerri Feb 13, 2007, 12:48 pm
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,
se of much of what you wrote in your essay, "The Mystery of Consciousness," to be very troubling. However, I wanted to respond specifically to the comment you made regarding my sister, Terri Schiavo.
You said, "And if these questions have answers, would they change our policies toward unresponsive patients
*A Convenient of Recollection - BlogsforTerri Feb 4, 2007, 6:52 pm
What do Scooter Libby (left) and Michael Schiavo (right) have in common? A bad memory.
... [He] repeatedly used the excuse that he has a bad memory when he contradicted himself, when his version of events changed but yet Pinellas County Court Judge George W. Greer found that his testimony about his wife's purported wish to die was the clear and convincing evidence needed to remove the feeding tube of Terri Schindler-Schiavoread the rest
*Physician-Assisted Suicide for the Mentally Ill in Switzerland - BlogsforTerri Feb 4, 2007, 4:48 pm
By Dan (the Way Warriors)
(...) the slope, if possible, has become even slipper and has turned, in a horrendous direction - physician-assisted suicide for mentally ill patients.
A Swiss Federal Tribunal court decision added mental illnesses as another reason for physician-assisted suicide, with "safeguards". The assumption is that the decision for physician-assisted suicide is voluntary.
The court said: "It must be recognized that an incurable, permanent, serious mental disorder can cause s
We're Glad You're Home - BlogsforTerri Jan 29, 2007, 10:42 pm
LifeNews reports that Robert Schindler has returned home from the hospital.
*March for Life Welcomes the Schindler Family (video) - BlogsforTerri Jan 27, 2007, 4:57 pm
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*If only my sister were a convicted murderer - BlogsforTerri Jan 26, 2007, 10:18 am
As the mainstream media editorialize outgoing Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, I can't help but compare their opposition to the 34-minute execution of convicted killer Angel Diaz with their support of the 14-day execution of my sister, Terri Schiavo....
Orlando Sentinel, 12-28-06
[Gov. Jeb Bush's] intervention in the Terri Schiavo fiasco, without even talking to her husband, was unconscionable.
News-press.com, 12-19-06
Gov. Jeb Bush was wise to suspend executions and order the review of lethal inject
*Falsehoods and Lies about Terri Schiavo Must Stop - BlogsforTerri Jan 19, 2007, 3:24 am
Despite the massive amounts of media coverage regarding the life and true condition of Terri Schiavo before, during and after her feeding tube was withdrawn by court order of Judge Greer at the pleading of her husband Michael Schiavo, a great many people have continued to spout out misinformation,falsehoods, and outright lies after her death. Proponents of the culture of death and those who seek to use Terri as a poster child for Our Right to Death must be called to task for their blatant dis
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*Smuggled Photo of Terri (780 hits)- BlogsforTerri Mar 31, 2005, 8:45 am
PHOTO OF TERRI SCHIAVO SMUGGLED OUT OF HOSPICE TODAY March 30, 2005!
This is what she looks like after 13 days without food or water! Cell phone camera was smuggled past security because they want to keep the reality of what's happening out of public view! What's being done to this woman is INHUMAN. The idea that this could be approved by a court is to me, on its face, evidence of judicial malfeasance. That this activity is protected by police is to me, on its face, criminal official misco
*Terri Schiavo's Autopsy Report (682 hits)- BlogsforTerri Jun 15, 2005, 11:45 am
Terris Schiavo's autopsy report is available by clicking here.
*OOPS! Michael Schiavo and Attorney George Felos Caught In Lie: Autopsy Decision Not Made By Michael Schiavo, Official Says (430 hits)- BlogsforTerri Mar 30, 2005, 11:46 am
Goodness gracious, Houston we do have a problem here.
According to Bill Pellan, director of investigations for the Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner's Office, it is not up to Michael Schiavo to decide whether his wife, Terri, should undergo an autopsy after death, "He doesn't have any choice in the matter."
That's odd, but didn't good ole George Felos say that it was Michael that "wanted an autopsy?"
Continue reading ...
cross posted at Hyscience
*Will Autopsy Report Make "Outlandish" Claims? (424 hits)- BlogsforTerri Jun 15, 2005, 6:25 am
As the previous entry reports, the long-awaited autopsy results for Terri Schiavo will be released later today.
Pinellas County Medical Examiner Jon R. Thogmartin will hold a press conference on the autopsy report at 11:00 AM Wednesday.
What the report will conclude is not yet known, but the Schindler family and many supporters of Terri's right to live hope the autopsy will provide clues regarding the cause of the cardiac arrest which led to her anoxic brain injury in 1990. They also hope th
*Terri Schiavo's Reaction to Friend's Visit Yesterday (412 hits)- BlogsforTerri Mar 28, 2005, 1:46 pm
Miami Herald - Terri Schiavo had an 'extraordinary' reaction to a friend's Sunday night visit, her parents' spokesman claimed Monday morning.
Friar Paul O'Donnell, spiritual advisor to Bob and Mary Schindler, said Schiavo received a visit from her father and friend Sunday night. When the friend, identified as Sherry, recalled their days dancing and partying together, Schiavo ''raised her hands up and was moving and started making gutteral sounds like she does when she talks to her mother,'' O
*CBS Releases Schiavo Obituary (278 hits)- BlogsforTerri Mar 29, 2005, 1:46 pm
Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck has posted an obituary of Terri Schiavo that was accidentally released by CBS. This story originally appeared on the CBS News website on Monday, March 28th at the following URL. You can find a PDF version of the original CBS story here.Short, Sad Life Of Terri Schiavo
NEW YORK, March TK, 2005
This story was written by CBSNews.com's Christine Lagorio
ffed animals and medical equipment in her small hospice room in Pinellas Park, Fla., Theresa Marie Schindl
*Physician Who Examined Schiavo for Over 10 Hours--Critical of Autopsy Report (254 hits)- BlogsforTerri Jun 19, 2005, 8:30 pm
CLEARWATER, Fl., June 19 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Dr. William Hammesfahr, nominated for a Nobel Prize for his work in Medicine, has been recognized by agents for Medicare, the federal government, and others for new approaches to helping the brain injured.
Dr. Hammesfahr has been identified in helping patients with chronic brain injuries from many causes actually leave long term disability, and return to work. Dr. Hammesfahr, was identified by Judge Susan Kirkland, for the State of Florid
*BREAKING NEWS: Mae is out of the hospice (232 hits)- BlogsforTerri Apr 9, 2005, 3:46 pm
Just received telephone call (3:00 PM ET) from Ken Mullinax, nephew of Mae.
Terri saves another life!
Followed by this email:
THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF THE FRIENDS OF TERRI, MY AUNT MAE MAGOUIRK HAS BEEN AIR LIFTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM MEDICAL CENTER
... and receiving IV fluids, nourishment and some of the finest medical care available in the United States!
Praise be the name of the Lord GOD...
Thanks to Terri's friends...
It would NEVER ever have been possible
*Schindler Family's Statement on Medical Examiner's Report (217 hits)- BlogsforTerri Jun 16, 2005, 7:15 pm
This is a statement that has been released by the Schindler family regarding the medical examiner's autopsy report on Terri Schiavo.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., and SEMINOLE, Fl., June 16 /Christian Wire Service/ -- On June 15, 2005, the Pinellas County IME has released his report regarding Terri. We would like to thank the IME for his time and effort in making this report. We are not challenging the findings in his report, but we would like to make a few comments publicly. We do not intend to take qu
*"BlogsForTerri" Attack Plan (216 hits)- BlogsforTerri Feb 19, 2005, 12:00 pm
We are in daily contact with those closest to the effort to save Terri, and they believe what we have outlined here is the most effective way that over 100 organized and motivated bloggers can help save Terri Schiavo.
Although a hard legal battle is being waged, our job is to work on the political and public-opinion side of the equation which is extremely important, and is the only thing that can save Terri should the legal fight fail. Much of the problem is related to political issues in Pin
*MOST URGENT ACTION REQUIRED: Contact Democratic Senators Now (UPDATED) (209 hits)- BlogsforTerri Mar 20, 2005, 12:32 pm
From an informed and trusted source:
It has become MOST URGENT that all Democratic US Senators be contacted all day long by telephone and email.
From a previous post, Michael Schiavo's lawyer, George Felos, and some senators 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 that happen and we have only today to stop them.
Democratic and Republican US senators are working together to help Terri. But Ear
*Terri's Ashes were Buried Today (207 hits)- BlogsforTerri Jun 20, 2005, 11:24 pm
The cremated remains of Terri Schiavo were buried today at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park in Clearwater, Florida in the presence of her husband, Michael Schiavo, some of his brothers and a priest.
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Update: Terri's bronze grave marker was inscribed with the words "I kept my promise," apparently aimed at memorializing her husband who successfully brought about her death by withholding food and water. Terri's life was robbed and the perpetuator marked his victory by inscribing her grave with a
*Supreme Court Declines Schindler Request (206 hits)- BlogsforTerri Mar 24, 2005, 10:45 am
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.
ounced in a terse one-page order, marked the end of a dramatic and disheartening four-day dash through the federal court system by Bob and Mary Schindler.
Justices did not explain their decision, which was at least the fifth time they have declined to get involved in the Schiavo case
*VIDEO - Conversation with Terri Schiavo (205 hits)- BlogsforTerri Feb 22, 2005, 1:31 pm
Not responsive? PVS?
You decide
Great thanks to the reader that sent it in.
*Hold the Fort (198 hits)- BlogsforTerri Mar 31, 2006, 6:48 pm
A message from "Bill":I have a daughter that was hit many years ago by a drunk while walking on the beach at Daytona. She was comatose for six months, much worse off than Terri. It's been a long story and grim. The doctor in Fla. wanted to kill her.
i, for her parents and want so badly to be able to do something for them and in her memory. She was a good person and didn't deserve the death penalty. Michael and Greer ad nauseum need to be made to pay. Perhaps they could be made to suffer a sim
*Dear Schindler Family (197 hits)- BlogsforTerri Mar 31, 2006, 4:25 pm
A few letters from our readers:
Dear Schindler Family:
My deepest sympathy goes to you all. I have been praying for Terri and join you in the sadness of her death and the fact that this country has failed to protect Terri.
May the Peace of God give you comfort during this difficult time. I pray that you all are comforted by all those who join you in your grief.
In Jesus' Name,Amen.
from Maggie in Texas
I am saddened at Terri's death, and wish to extend my condolences and prayers to the
*Jackson: More Senators Back Bid to Save Terri - We May Have Enough Votes! (195 hits)- BlogsforTerri Mar 29, 2005, 6:45 pm
- Breaking News from NewsMax
Rev. Jesse Jackson said Tuesday afternoon that he has persuaded two Florida state senators to change their votes on a bill to save Terri Schiavo, leaving the measure just one vote shy of the majority necessary for passage.
"Two of them have committed to meeting with Gov. Jeb Bush. They say that they're flexible if they can find acceptable emergency language," Jackson told ABC Radio host Sean Hannity.
Targeting members of the state senate's black caucus in a bid to
*Taking Action for Clara Against the Odds - Schiavo-Like Case Addressed by Local Pastor (192 hits)- BlogsforTerri Apr 17, 2005, 5:00 pm
Action Item - Please distribute:
What: Join Pastor Espinoza at a Prayer Meeting
Why: To pray for Clara Martinez (who has been without food for 29 days) and make known her plight to the community
Where: 3939 West 59th Place, Chicago (near Pulaski Avenue)
When: 3 pm Central Time - Sunday, April 17
Story - Thirty Days without Food
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 fo
*OOPS! Michael Schiavo and Attorney George Felos Caught In Lie: Autopsy Decision Not Made By Michael Schiavo, Official Says (Updated) (191 hits)- BlogsforTerri Mar 30, 2005, 4:45 pm
Goodness gracious, Houston we do have a problem here.
According to Bill Pellan, director of investigations for the Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner's Office, it is not up to Michael Schiavo to decide whether his wife, Terri, should undergo an autopsy after death, "He doesn't have any choice in the matter."
That's odd, but didn't good ole George Felos say that it was Michael that "wanted an autopsy?"
Continue reading ...
cross posted at Hyscience
Update: Comment from Pam
Question: if Mike
*Gov. Bush calls for Schiavo probe (188 hits)- BlogsforTerri Jun 17, 2005, 7:15 am
Gov. Jeb Bush, who unsuccessfully tried to keep Terri Schiavo alive, now says that an investigation is needed into what happened the night in 1990 that she collapsed and her heart stopped beating. - Miami Herald
The first piece of information Bush appears to be acting on is the Pinellas county medical examiner Dr. Jon Thogmartin's conclusion that Terri Schiavo most likely did not suffer from an eating disorder and did not collapse due to a heart attack. His autopsy report includes the followi
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