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Terri Schiavo: Myths and Facts -
Dr. Dianne Irving, PhD
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| Dr. Dianne Irving, PhD
Posted on 11/03/2003 9:13:07 AM PST by cpforlife.org
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From Debi Vinnedge, Executive Director
Children of God for Life has followed the case of Terri Schiavo for over two years when the matter was brought to our attention at a local Clearwater meeting of the group, Physicians 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 "persistive 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 that had promised a jury 10 years ago to do just that.
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 has given up on 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. We can tell you this much...Terri never said she wanted to be starved to death - and that is exactly what the courts have tried to do. She can eat, she can swallow, she can say some words - very clearly - and she laughs, smiles and cries and reacts with great joy and love when her parents, her siblings and her priest visit her. To learn more about the ongoing battle for Terri, please visit her website: http://www.terrisfight.org
On October 21st, the following complaint was filed with Attorney General John Ashcroft and although her feeding has now resumed due to the new law passed overwhelmingly by the Florida House and Senate on October 20th and 21st respectively, her battle is not yet over. Michael Schiavo is still the legal guardian and no criminal investigation has ever been done to determine whether he may have brought about the mysterious injuries that resulted in her present condition. Below in chronological order (newest to oldest) are the letters Children of God for Life has sent and will continue to send until Terri Schiavo's rights are fully restored.
THE TRUTH
Terri Schiavo: Facts and Myths - Dr. Dianne Irving
Wesley Smith: Why the media elites won't tell the full story on Terri's prognosis and Michael Schiavo.
GOVERNMENT EFFORTS
Click here to view to the letters from Delegate Bob Marshall to: (PDF FILES) President Bush House Judiciary Committee
Oct 31: US Attorney Tampa To All Florida Congress, Bilirakis and Young
Children of God for Life letters to Attorney General John Ashcroft: Continued Denial of Civil Rights (Updated 10-27-03
THE CHURCH
Oct 30:Article in Miami Herald: Priest Disputes Governor's Action
Oct 31st: Children of God for Life Responds to Fr. O'Rourke
Priests for Life Weighs In
Take Action!
CONTACT CONGRESSMAN MIKE BILIRAKIS CONTACT CONGRESSMAN BILL YOUNG
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.
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.
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posted on
11/03/2003 9:15:43 AM PST
by
cpforlife.org
(The Missing Key of the Pro-Life Movement is at www.CpForLife.org)
To: cpforlife.org
Excellent post. Thank you so much.
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posted on
11/03/2003 9:16:42 AM PST
by
MarMema
(KILLING ISN'T MEDICINE)
To: cpforlife.org
Thanks.
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posted on
11/03/2003 9:18:28 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Living fast is fine as long as you steer well and have good brakes.)
To: cpforlife.org
bttt
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posted on
11/03/2003 9:22:18 AM PST
by
tutstar
To: cpforlife.org
Wesley Smith: Why the media elites won't tell the full story on Terri's prognosis and Michael Schiavo.Above link is dead - fix please?
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posted on
11/03/2003 9:54:34 AM PST
by
agrace
To: cpforlife.org
MYTH: Terri has been in a persistent vegetative state, a coma, or is terminally ill, for 13 years.
FACT: NO. Terri is disabled and has brain damage, but is not in PVS, coma, or terminally ill. Unfortunately, even Fox, in their news crawls at the bottom of their screen, continue to characterize her as being in a "persistent vegetative state." This in spite of proof to the contrary as presented on their evening shows, including Greta's and Hannity's.
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posted on
11/03/2003 9:57:39 AM PST
by
CedarDave
(The enviro's are are just as angry about the CA fires as we are -- a lot of pine beetles were lost)
To: agrace
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posted on
11/03/2003 10:13:29 AM PST
by
cpforlife.org
(The Missing Key of the Pro-Life Movement is at www.CpForLife.org)
To: cpforlife.org
I haven't seen her glasgow coma score. Has it been published?
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posted on
11/03/2003 10:16:22 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy, and Bush is no conservative)
To: All
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posted on
11/03/2003 10:17:41 AM PST
by
cpforlife.org
(The Missing Key of the Pro-Life Movement is at www.CpForLife.org)
To: from occupied ga
I haven't seen her glasgow coma score. Has it been published? Why would that matter now? A GCS is only useful in the acute time frame following a head injury.
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posted on
11/03/2003 10:20:27 AM PST
by
Prov1322
(Have you thanked God again today that George W. Bush is our President?!)
To: cpforlife.org
Please put me on the list. Thanks!
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posted on
11/03/2003 10:43:02 AM PST
by
ruoflaw
To: ruoflaw
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posted on
11/03/2003 10:49:59 AM PST
by
cpforlife.org
(The Missing Key of the Pro-Life Movement is at www.CpForLife.org)
To: cpforlife.org
A very good synopsis of the situation.
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posted on
11/03/2003 11:06:55 AM PST
by
TigersEye
("Where there is life there is hope." - Terri Schiavo)
To: cpforlife.org
Thank you.
Can we use these quotes elsewhere?
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posted on
11/03/2003 11:06:55 AM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only support FR by donating monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: cpforlife.org
Thanks much. Very good ed by Wesley Smith - he is a sound voice of reason in what is often an overly emotional case. Great article here too by the way, to the point, very easy and straightforward. We need more compilations like this.
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posted on
11/03/2003 11:07:29 AM PST
by
agrace
To: All
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posted on
11/03/2003 11:10:35 AM PST
by
TigersEye
("Where there is life there is hope." - Terri Schiavo)
To: Prov1322
Why would that matter now? A GCS is only useful in the acute time frame following a head injury. In other words no. I was just wondering if there were any objective evidence one way or the other. Each side claims something, but they can't both be right. What about the other score the Rancho Los Amigos scale?
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posted on
11/03/2003 11:28:16 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy, and Bush is no conservative)
To: cpforlife.org
Thanks, let's not forget a IRS criminal Div investigation
also.....,so Felo$ is a warlock, geeee what a surprise.
not
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posted on
11/03/2003 11:54:19 AM PST
by
Orlando
(Is Micheal paying child support ? What is MS past criminal records ?)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Yes! Please do. We need to spread the word.
"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." - H.G. Wells
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posted on
11/03/2003 12:11:43 PM PST
by
cpforlife.org
(The Missing Key of the Pro-Life Movement is at www.CpForLife.org)
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