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Enlarge Children of God for Life began following the case of Terri Schiavo in early 2001 when the matter was brought to our attention at a local Clearwater meeting of the group, Professionals for Excellence in Health Care. Although Terri's plight was occurring in our own back yard, we had no idea of the facts of this case, thanks to the local media that did a marvelous job of concealing the truth from the public. When I watched the video of Terri interacting with her mother, every lie I had been told about Terri was laid bare and refuted. As a mother, I watched and heard - heartsick - as this child interacted with her own mom and I wondered, how could anyone think for one moment that this young woman who smiled and tried to talk when her mother spoke, who moved her head and eyes - whose feeding tube was the only life support she used - was somehow classified as a person in a "coma" - or a "persistent vegetative state"? And then I heard the testimony of Dr. William Hammesfahr who showed in accurate medical facts how Terri had the ability to recover a great deal of the normal lifestyle that any one of us enjoy, but unfortunately, that much needed therapy was being denied by the husband who had promised a jury 10 years ago to do just that. But whether or not Terri ever recovered any of her cognitive or physical functions - or whether she could have taken food on a regular basis the same as you or me was never the issue at all. Terri had the right to life - the same as any disabled person. Millions of people live with diseases or disabilities from which they will never recover or improve. But that does not mean we have the right to kill them. Unfortunately, Terri's estranged husband, his right-to-die attorney and one lowly judge thought otherwise and on March 31st, 2005, Terri's life ended after 13 days of starvation and dehydration. I would challenge any healthy person to endure such a cruel, inhumane, slow agonizing death for long - unless that person had the WILL TO LIVE!
I strongly urge you to read Terri's ordeal and the gross injustice that has been inflicted upon this woman, who never had any sort of living will and who never gave upon her will to live. You may have read that Terri would never have wanted to be kept alive by artificial means. That is what the husband told the courts - right after he was awarded 1.2 million dollars to care for her for the rest of his life. We can tell you this much...Terri never said she wanted to be starved to death And yet that is just what has happened to this beautiful young woman who laughed, smiled and cried when she was in pain - who reacted with great joy and love when her parents, her siblings and her priest visited her. Bob & Mary Schindler - their son Bobby and daughter Suzanne became like my own family members over the years and Terri is the sister I never had a chance to meet. Perhaps someday in a much better place than this. Rest in peace, sweet child of Christ! Recent Articles and Statements August 30, 2009: A Tribute to Bob Schindler, RIP
New 10-07-05 By Popular Demand: Two articles
published in Celebrate Life Magazine: 09-01-05: Child arrested for bringing Terri water apologizes...(must read!) April 25-05: We Won't Forget...National Catholic Register April 25-05: Terri's Final Days...Audio By Catholic Radio Carlos Bruceno March 31-05: Statement of the Schindler Family March 31-05: Statement of Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) March 31-05: Cardinal Martino: Those Who Did Nothing Are Accomplices to Murder March 31-05: Vatican officials call Terri's Death "Murder" March 31-05: HLI President Fr Euteneuer Decries Judicial Homicide March-23-05: Fired Hospice Nurse: Terri Can Feel Pain March -23-05: Vatican Weighs In On Schiavo Case
Posted March 22-05: Sworn Testimony of Nurse who Cared for Terri Ignored! March 22-2005: Fr Thomas Euteneuer: Response to Whittemore decision
March 19-2005: Attorney Weller: Last Visit With Terri March-11-05: Vatican Steps In Again: Bishop Sgreccia Intercedes for Terri March-08-05: FIAMC - Vatican Pleads: SAVE TERRI'S LIFE! March-07-05: Vatican: Cardinal Martino Intercedes for Terri March-03-05: Judge Death rules from the bench March -03-05: Righteous Indignation in Wisconsin Feb 28-2005: Judge Orders Cold Blooded Murder Feb 28-2005: Michael Reagan: Legalized Murder looms in Florida... Feb 28-05: A Second Visit With Terri...
Feb 26, 2004: St Petersburg Times Article -
Feb 25: Judge Greer Official Ruling: Remove Tube March 18th New 2-24-05: Vatican intercedes for Terri
New 2-19-05: Catholic
Medical Association: Feb 26 Update: Novena Spreads World-Wide New 02-14-05: Novena for the Conversion of Michael Schiavo New 01-04-05: A Visit Wtih Terri New 10-30-04: Greer rules for Terri's parents - will Schiavo call it quits? New: 9-15-04 New Hope in Terri Schiavo Case TAKE ACTION PETITION TO STATE ATTORNEY BERNIE MCCABE
Read the October 31st letters below by Delegate Bob Marshall, sent to
our congressmen and all Florida Representatives and demand they investigate
Michael Schiavo for abuse, neglect and denial of Terri's civil rights - Judge
Greer - for judicial misconduct and prejudice - and Hospice for misuse of
Federal Funds and conflict of interest!
CONTACT
CONGRESSMAN MIKE BILIRAKIS It is an outrage that Michael Schiavo and his attorney feel they can spit in the face of the Governor, the Fl House and Senate - and trample Terri's rights with absolutely no regard for her health, happiness or wishes.
Complaints have been filed through the Department of Health and Human Services
yet nothing is being done to protect Terri from physical harm or to assure her
rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act!
Please take a moment and file your complaint with the Office of Civil Rights.
Click here for the form: Discrimination
Complaint Form or go to: http://hhs.gov/ocr/discrimhowtofile.html To
review the facts already presented to DC in this case click on our link above
to view the letters sent.
You can also file your complaint by email at OCRcomplaint@hhs.gov or
call the District Office in Atlanta: Roosevelt Freeman, 404 562-7886.
Tell them to immediately act and remove her care/custody from Michael and
appoint a guardian. The court has agreed to assign a guardian ad litem
but this will only cover litigation and not her medical care! To view
a sample of information needed on the OCR complaint (PDF File) click here.
In addition, please contact your US Congressmen and Senators and ask
them to investigate why the Department of Justice is not protecting
Terri's civil rights as a disabled American. They should also
request that the Department of Health and Human Services Civil Rights Office
act at once to protect her.
GOVERNMENT EFFORTS FROM 2003 STARVATION ATTEMPT To All Florida Congress, Bilirakis and Young Children of God for Life letters to Attorney General John Ashcroft: THE TRUTH Hospice Patients Alliance - Fighting Against Euthanasia Terri Schiavo: Facts and Myths - Dr. Dianne Irving A Painless Death? Not by a long shot! Wesley Smith Suspicious Circumstances: The Strange Case of Terri Schiavo Wesley Smith: The Guardianship of Terri Schiavo THE CHURCH - FROM 2003 EVENTS Catholic
Directive on Life and Death - A Valid "Living Will" 11-13-2003: Catholic
Church Teaching is Constant and Unchanging 11-10-03-2003: Letter
to the USCCB November Conference: Fr. Stephen Torraco,
EWTN Catholic Answers on Terri Schiavo Published in Christ
the King Bulletin 11-2-03: 11-7-03 Bishop Robert F. Vasa Speaks Out On Terri's Behalf Oct 30-03: Article in Miami
Herald: Priest Disputes Governor's Action Catholic Experts Refute Court Testimony An Open Letter to the USCCB by Barbara Kralis
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