Terri Schiavo's Mom Pleads: 'Give My Child Back'
March 30, 2005, Day 13 of Judge George W. Greer's court ordered death by starvation and dehydration of Terri Schiavo. Over the next two-weeks, Terri's Network will post stories of the events that occurred on each of those 13 horrific days. We offer this not only in regard for Terri's memory, but as a reminder that as we speak, countless people are suffering slow, agonizing deaths in hospices, nursing homes, and hospitals in America and around the world.
From March 30, 2005 (CNN) - The mother of Terri Schiavo made an impassioned plea to her daughter's husband Tuesday night, calling on him to "give my child back to me." Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed the afternoon of March 18 under court order, and doctors have predicted the brain-damaged Florida woman would die in the next few days. Her mother, Mary Schindler, uttered two sentences at a news conference: "Michael and Jodi, you have your own children. Please, please give my child back to me." (continue reading ...)
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