Posted on 11/05/2003 12:14:25 AM PST by sweetliberty
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Resource links to search business and criminal records in Florida, info on special guardian ad litum meeting (attempt to change qualifications?), Michael Schiavo parody, link to referral letter for Dr. Hammersfahr to the Nobel committee, transcript to Abrams Report closing commments - Nov.3, e-mail address for Larry King Live, Florida statutes on guardianship and some damning statements against Michael.
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This thread serves as a place for posting all new general information and references, along with links following Terri's case, plus information on cable news and talk radio shows dealing with the issue, court cases and press releases. This is also the place to post contact information, prayers and general discussion.
If you have something that qualifies as BREAKING NEWS or FRONT PAGE NEWS, please post it on a separate thread in that category in order to give it maximum exposure and then post a link to the article/thread here so that it will be included in the next update of links. Also, if you post links to articles from original sources and there is also a thread on FR, please link to the FR thread. Many original links become corrupt over time and we want to be able to access the information at will.
I know we're all getting tired, but we have to hang in there. This isn't just Terri's fight anymore. It is our fight too. To everyone who has worked tirelessly to gather information, write letters, make phone calls, spend time in prayer, be at the vigil supporting Terri's family and all the many other offerings you have given for this effort, thank you and may the Lord richly bless you.
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Professor Appointed to Probe Schiavo Case
DFU SONG: Candle in the Wind (for Terri)
Coral Snake Song: When Johnny Comes Marching Home (The conspiracy against Terri Schiavo)
Should Terri Schiavo Live or Die?
Michelle Malkin: Starvation nation
Eyes on judge in Schiavo petition>
FL ACLU Files Brief in Effort to Starve Disabled Woman, as Bush Acts to Save Terri Schiavo
Terri Schiavo: Myths and Facts - Dr. Dianne Irving, PhD
Recovering from a 'Persistent Vegetative State'
Husband in Right to Die Case Moves to Block Parents in New Trial
Pro-Lifers Link Euthanasia to Abortion
Florida Court Prohibits Terri's Parents From Joining "Terri's Law" Battle (ACLJ)
Terri Schindler Schiavo Guardianship Hearing Wednesday November 5, 2003
I heard it was pushed to Friday, but someone posted here that that is out too.
This is not necessarily a bad thing, no matter how much we all wanted to see it. If the Shindlers cancelled, it might have been Pat Andderson's suggestion. It is possible the Schlinders might have said something to damage their case against HINO.
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Oh darn, I was hoping for something I could show my co-worker. If only that letter to the editor had at least been published.
Is there no way we can find out if it's true? I'm about to lose some serious credibility points here.
Are you sure it was coffee and not "a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea"?
Yes 780 43%
No 1007 55%
The percentages are holding, but votes are still coming in on both sides
Terri is getting international attention! This was published in an Australian newspaper today:
Right to life, or death, divides nation
By Caroline Overington
New York
November 8, 2003
There is a video called Big Eyes doing the rounds in Florida and it is not easy to watch. The tape features a woman called Terri Schiavo, who has lived for 13 years in what doctors call a "persistent vegetative state".
Ms Schiavo can breathe on her own, but she cannot speak or feed herself. Her body is hopelessly crippled, and she has a tube in her stomach for fluid and nutrients, and another in her bladder, for waste.
Ms Schiavo's husband, Michael, says her quality of life is awful and she should be allowed to die. Her parents say their daughter is aware of her surroundings, but trapped in a wrecked body. They shot the Big Eyes video, and they are showing it on the internet, to make their point.
The video shows Ms Schiavo looking irritated when a nurse sticks a swab in her mouth. She also seems able to follow the progress of a silver balloon, when it is waved in front of her face.
For years, Ms Schiavo's parents and her husband - who is her legal guardian - have battled over whether she should live or die. Mostly, it was a private battle, played out in their homes, or in Florida's lower courts. But, in recent weeks, the battle over Ms Schiavo's life has become very public.
Florida's Governor, Jeb Bush, and his brother, US President George Bush, have become involved, and some are saying the case could affect the outcome of next year's presidential election.
The seeds of the drama were sown in 1982, when Terri met Michael Schiavo two years after leaving high school. He was her first boyfriend and they were married in 1984.
Six years later, Ms Schiavo became brain damaged. It is not clear how this happened. Michael Schiavo says he heard a thud about 4am one night, woke and found his young wife on the floor. She had suffered a heart attack. Some doctors think it might have been because she had a potassium deficiency, which was perhaps caused by bulimia.
In any case, the lack of oxygen to Ms Schiavo's brain left her a vegetable and, for the first few years after the incident, she lived in a nursing home, while her husband lived with her parents, and all of them shared caring for her.
The trouble started in 1997, when Michael Schiavo won a medical malpractice suit against his wife's doctor, for failing to diagnose her condition. He was granted $US1 million ($A1.4 million), of which $US300,000 was for the loss of companionship of his wife. The rest was to be used for her care.
Ms Schiavo's parents say that Michael Schiavo's attitude to his wife changed sharply after the case was settled. They contend that he was interested in keeping her alive only while there was a chance that she might be compensated for her injuries and, as soon as the case was settled, he wanted her dead, so he could claim her share of the money.
Mr Schiavo vigorously denies this. He agrees that his attitude to his wife's illness changed, but only after he came to the heart-breaking decision that she would never recover from her injuries. He also says that she once told him that she would never want to be kept alive like a vegetable and, in any case, that there is virtually nothing left of her settlement, since all but $US50,000 was spent on legal and medical bills.
The issue exploded into the public domain last month when a Florida court ordered that since Mr Schiavo is still Terri's husband - although he lives with another woman, with whom he has a child - and he is therefore her legal guardian, he has the right to remove her feeding tube, so that she starves to death.
The tube was duly removed and, for six days, Ms Schiavo was denied food and water. But her frantic parents refused to give up hope. They pleaded with right-wing Christian groups to take up their case. They campaigned on Christian radio, and held prayer vigils outside Terri's hospital. They started showing the video on the internet, and encouraged members of church groups to bombard Governor Bush with letters and emails, urging him to step in.
The campaign worked. On day seven of Ms Schiavo's starvation, Jeb Bush signed "Terri's Law", which enabled him to order that her feeding tube be re-inserted, just in time to save her life.
Now political commentators have entered the debate, with some saying Governor Bush abused his power by overruling the courts to side with Christian groups on a right-to-life issue. They wonder if he did so in order to encourage Florida's conservative Christians to vote for his brother at the next presidential election.
Governor Bush says he stepped in because "it is very hard for me to sit by idly and allow someone to starve to death. Life is precious and we need to have a high standard before we make these decisions."
George Bush commended the decision, saying: "I think my brother did the right thing."
The case has now gone back to the courts. A Florida judge last week appointed a University of South Florida professor, Jay Wolfson, one of the world's leading bio-ethicists, to investigate the case and then advise Governor Bush. Ms Schiavo's husband is also fighting to have Terri's Law declared unconstitutional.
This has angered Terri's parents, who wonder why he does not let them take custody of their daughter, so they can manage her care. But Michael has refused to give up his custody, saying that Terri never wanted to live the way she does.
"I'm going to follow that wish," Mr Schiavo told US talk show host Larry King during his only interview in two years. "It's the last thing I can do for Terri."
I'll post mine right here...If ever I'm diagnosed as being PVS, or in a coma, or in a coma-like state, or I cannot speak for myself, I want every machine possibly, including, and especially feeding tubes, or any type of mechanical device to keep me alive used!
I need coffee now. Care to join me?
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Sir (or Madame), I will have you know that I have not had anything better to smoke than American Spirit 100% tobacco in over 19 months!
If you have a moment could you reach over and uplug this treadmill? Thank you!
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