Posted on 03/31/2011 11:55:18 AM PDT by wagglebee
On the anniversary of her 13-day starvation and dehydration death at the hands of her former husband, pro-life advocates are remembering Terri Schiavo and promising to help disabled patients like her.
“We honor Terri Schiavo today, by speaking at the Medical Ethics Symposium at Ave Maria School of Law. Her fight for Life reflects the importance of caring for those with special needs, especially with end of life decisions and prenatal diagnosis,” Hawkins said. “In both cases, pro-lifers need to stand for the most defenseless among us.”
“I have seen this with my own eyes when my son Gunner was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). During my second pregnancy with my son Bear, doctors told me that I should find out if he had CF in order to prevent me from having another child that would suffer with this condition,” Hawkins added.
She continued, “Bear, thankfully, was healthy, but the pressure that mothers face for prenatal diagnosis and aborting children with special needs is tremendous as 90% of Gunner’s peers that are diagnosed with CF in the womb are aborted. That’s an astounding statistic that calls us to action. We must stand for the most defenseless among us, those with special needs in hospitals as well as those in the womb.”
Meanwhile, the staff of the Life Legal Defense Foundation, a pro-life legal group that provided help for Terri’s family during the ordeal, say they “will never forget Terri, nor will we forget her family’s valiant efforts to save her life.”
“Life Legal was privileged to assist the Schindler family in the fight for Terri’s life and as the years go by we continue to receive calls from families in similar situations,” the group told LifeNews. “LLDF board member Brian Chavez Ochoa litigated one such case on behalf of Suzanne Emrich. Ochoa filed a petition that requested the court order nutrition and hydration restored to her cousin, Janet Rivera, who for nine days was denied food and fluids. The petition was granted, and Ms. Rivera’s life was saved.”
Some of the referrals Life Legal receives come from The Life and Hope Network, formerly the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation, which Terri’s family continues to help other patients like her.
The pro-life legal group encouraged people to look ahead to potential problems by putting together legal papers to protect the medical care and treatment they want.
“It bears repeating that one of the lessons we learned from Terri’s case is that should you become incapacitated by illness or disability, the person who is your decision-maker could mean the difference between life and death,” the group said. “We encourage you to honor Terri’s memory by protecting yourself with a protective medical decision document.”
The National Right to Life Committee also remembered Terri, saying, “Six years ago today, Terri Schiavo died by court-ordered starvation & dehydration. Remember Terri and see what you can do.”
Following the symposium, Ave Maria University will host the “The National Mass for Terri’s Day” at the Ave Maria Oratory, located near Naples, FL, marking the sixth anniversary of Terri Schiavo’s death.
The International Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Terri Schindler Schiavo, and All of Our Vulnerable Brothers and Sisters (“Terri’s Day”) was established in 2007 and is observed each year on March 31, the date of Terri’s death.
The purpose of this day is to foster education, prayer, and activism regarding discrimination against the cognitively disabled, and advocacy for people in situations similar to what Terri and her family faced. 40 Days for Life, a community-based campaign that over a period of 40 days attempts to transform individuals and communities to recognize the value and dignity of human life, will be observing “Terri’s Day” with prayer along with countless others who will be remembering Terri on this day.
I’m in complete agreement with you, that’s why I used the word allegedly. Big Media tried to convince us that Bush wanted to save her to pit us against Republicans.
ME EITHER !!!!
ME EITHER !!!!
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I'm very sorry. I remember you from those threads. I was stunned when Terri died. I thought for sure that Jeb would come through for her. I still recall how deeply shocked I was when he didn't.
Yeah, right. See my Post #51.
Jeb is flawed. I believe that despite this his mother desperately wants to see him president. I believe that she is very ambitious and may be the reason that George and George W. succeeded in winning the presidency. I will say this, though. Regardless of what George W. did that was wrong, I thanked God on 9/11/01 that he was president. Watch Barbara’s face in this video. Very calculating, imho:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpjW8aw0fhI
President Bush was a completely different president in his second term.
She looked like she desperately needed a cigarette. How hypocritical to be in a family that would abandon an American citizen but go promote women's rights in an uncivilized place?
Ever feel like we’re living in a bad Twilight Zone episode the past 6 years?
Yeah, the PPPD had to drop by this neck of the woods. When I see them in uniform, I always think of how they were ordered to push us around and ordered by a 2 bit judge to make sure that Terri would be killed. I think they got time and a half or double time to be there. BLOOD MONEY.
The PPPD cost Hospice over $60,000, maybe it was $80K or $90K. The City made Hospice pay for their blood money cops. Glad my taxes didn’t pay for that. Unfortunately, all the judges and folks who murdered Terri, my taxes paid for their sorry paychecks.
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