Posted on 03/28/2009 1:39:36 PM PDT by BykrBayb
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) will have a special screening of the new documentary, “The Terri Schiavo Story” from Franklin Springs Family Media, at their national convention in June. Additionally, National Right to Life will be endorsing the film in their April edition of the National Right to Life News which is sent out to nearly 400,000 subscribers. NRLC State Organization and Development Director Jacki Ragan stated, “This story is one that pro-lifers ought to review once a year.”
The NRLC review of the documentary goes on to say, “The DVD does an excellent job summarizing Terri’s life and the titanic legal struggle that eventually broke out between the Schindlers and Terri’s husband…even for the viewer who only casually watches The Terri Schiavo Story, it is clear just how unjust was the death sentence meted out to Terri.”
As the fourth anniversary of her death approaches, the ethical and cultural implications of Terri’s case are still being felt throughout society and continue to spark debate. Just last year during the Democratic debates, President Obama said one of his “regrets” as a Senator was voting for Congress to intervene to save Terri’s life. Hosted by author and speaker Joni Eareckson Tada, who became personally involved in the case in 2005, The Terri Schiavo Story sheds new light on the controversial decision that led to the death of a 41-year-old disabled woman.
In 1990, at the age of 26, Terri Schindler Schiavo suffered a mysterious cardio-respiratory arrest for which no cause has ever been determined. She was diagnosed with a neurological injury caused by lack of oxygen to the brain. Terri was placed on a ventilator, but was soon able to breathe on her own and maintain vital function. She remained in a severely compromised neurological state and was provided a PEG tube to ensure the safe delivery of nourishment and hydration. On March 31, 2005, Terri Schindler Schiavo died of marked dehydration following more than 13 days without nutrition or hydration under the order of the Pinellas-Pasco’s Sixth Judicial Court.
So what did the mainstream media overlook? Several things, according to the film’s producer and director Ken Carpenter of Franklin Springs Family Media. “I think most people thought Terri was in a vegetative state with no prospects of improving,” says Carpenter. “The truth is the doctors believed Terri was a candidate for rehabilitation, but her treatment was withheld. Additionally, we uncovered that only one judge ruled on the facts of the case. All the other judges looked at procedure issues and not the original facts.”
Joni Eareckson Tada, herself disabled after a diving accident which left her a quadriplegic in a wheelchair, says what happened to Terri continues to affect disabled citizens. “There are countless people like Terri whose lives are in grave danger because of unclear custody and guardianship laws,” says Tada. “Plus, more states under futile care policy directives are quietly removing the feeding tubes from brain-injured people when families abandon their responsibilities. Feeding tubes are providing basic care, not medical treatment.”
Terri’s brother, Bobby Schindler, was interviewed at length in the documentary and is now involved in helping families in similar circumstances through The Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation. Schindler believes the truth about his sister’s death has been distorted and hidden - until now.
“Our hope is that people will learn the truth about what happened to Terri,” says Schindler, “and realize the atrocity that it was and that anyone who claims that her death was ‘peaceful’ and ‘painless’ is lying. I believe that if the public had been allowed to witness Terri’s suffering first hand, the outcry would have deafened Florida and the world.”
The Terri Schiavo Story was recently honored with the Jubilee Award for Best Documentary at the San Antonio Independent Film Festival.
National Right to Life exists to protect innocent human life, including the unborn and the medically- vulnerable from threats such as abortion, assisted suicide and euthanasia. NRL was formed in 1973 as an umbrella organization - a non-profit, non-sectarian organization that could coordinate right to life activities in Washington, D.C., and in the states. NRL’s strength lies in its direct connection with the state and local grassroots pro-life movement through its board of directors and various programs. Visit www.NRLC.org for further information.
For more information and to view a trailer for the new documentary, visit: www.TheSchiavoStory.com. For more information on Franklin Springs Media, visit: www.FranklinSprings.com.
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"Mike did Terry a monumental favor."
Maybe she knew you and your mother to well and that is why she didn't respond to you.
I clicked on it and got your profile page but I didn't see anything about your experience with your husbands death from lung cancer.
I have a neice who is pretty much in the same condition as Terry Schivo was, only not quite as much in a vegetative state. Terry had to have a feeding tube to live. My neice needs someone to feed her because she cannot control her motions. So according to you if you can't feed yourself you should die and it would not be murder if no one put the spoon to your mouth. I guess that would even include babies.
Brother, you seem to be the one in the vegetative state around here. But go ahead, throw some insults. It’s a good alternative to thinking. You might strain yourself.
Lady, are you a moron or something? Do I have to diagram everything for you in order for you to get it? You put a spoon or a nipple in a kids mouth, he feeds. You put a spoon in Terri’s mouth, she chokes to death because she can’t even swallow. She had a FEEDING TUBE, you ignoramus, a feeding tube.
Terri Schiavo reacted positively to her family members, and the medical staff who respected her. She ignored the bastards who treated her like a useless eater.
I’ve noticed that same behavior from patients I’ve spent time with, who reacted positively toward me, while ignoring others.
Terri was also being spoon fed, until the feeding tube was put in for the convenience of health care workers. All of the doctors involved (including the ones who wanted her dead) agreed that she was able to swallow. Some of the doctors recommended tests, to see how much improvement she might gain from therapy. Michael spent a great deal of her money fighting against her right to have those tests.
Those of us who tried in vain to save Terri know perfectly well
that she had a feeding tube. There is no need to be rude and
disrespectful to people who believe that all human life is sacred
and worthy of protection because we are made in God’s image.
Terri’s family was perfectly willing to care for their beloved daughter.
With rehabilitation, which her philandering “husband” refused her,
she could have learned to swallow again.
She was not given so much as a drop of water on her parched lips for the
13 days it took for MS and his minions to starve and dehydrate Terri
to death.
MS, evil “judge” Greer and George Felos will receive God’s justice in
His perfect time.
I pray for that day often!!!
Hey, that old bag said my grandmother died because she knew me and my mother too well, don’t tell me about rude. I made my opinion known, and I backed it up with reasons: Mike did Terri a favor. Now if someone wants to give me their opinion and their reasons, I’ll listen. If someone wants to insult me, they can have the back of my hand, like that old catcher’s mitt Spunky.
I don’t think it’s fair to call the guy a philanderer. His wife was gone.
We can differ on how disabled Terri was, but most of us who
tried to save her realize that the murderous philanderer
was the one who probably caused her disability.
If she would have been rehabilitated, she might have
implicated her abuser.
If you are serious about understanding Terri’s story, the
video described in this thread would be a good place to
start.
If you are just a troll, of course that wouldn’t interest you.
If you're going to lie about someone, the least you could do is ping them.
You want to read back a few comments before you call me a liar? This is the problem I have being a conservative, I'm as surrounded by idiots on this side of the political spectrum as anywhere else.
That is not what you falsely accused Spunky of saying. You want to read your own lies before denying them?
Any problem you have being a conservative is not the fault of real conservatives being idiots. Try looking within yourself.
Terri documentary site: www.theschiavostory.com
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