http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/terri/ en-us Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:56:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095279/posts Los Angeles, October 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Saturday, September 27, the Mexican superstar of Latin America, Eduardo Verastegui, and several of his friends joined the 40 Days for Life prayer campaign outside Family Planning Associates, an abortion business at 601 S. Westmoreland Avenue. He went there for two reasons: to help mothers and their unborn children, and warn people about the number-one abortion celebrity, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL).Verastegui is cofounder of L.A.-based Metanoia Films and lead actor in the company's first feature film, Bella (http://www.amazon.com/Bella-Eduardo-Ver%C3%A1stegui/dp/B0014...), which premiered in American movie theaters last October.Until November 2, citizens of 179 cities in... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095279/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:56:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015397/posts St. Petersburg, FL -- Terri Schiavo's mother Mary Schindler has uncovered a note that Terri wrote back in 1984 when she married her husband Michael. Now remarried to someone with whom he had an affair before Terri's death, Michael won a court order to take her live despite pleas from her family. Terri's brother Bobby Schindler tells LifeNews.com about the note. Complete story at: http://www.LifeNews.com/bio2440.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015397/posts#comment Tue, 13 May 2008 19:10:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977276/posts Cleveland, OH (LifeNews.com) -- Senator Barack Obama debated his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night and said his biggest mistake was voting with a unanimous Senate to help save Terri Schiavo. Terri is the disabled Florida woman whose husband won the legal right to starve her to death. In March 2005, just weeks before Terri died from a painful 14-day starvation and dehydration death, Congress approved legislation allowing her family to take its case from state courts to federal courts in an effort to stop the euthanasia from proceeding.Terri was not on any artificial breathing apparatus and only required... LifeNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977276/posts#comment Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:14:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1977176/posts In last night's democratic debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - their last one before the Texas/Ohio showdown on March 4th - Barack Obama made a surprising (to me, shocking) statement: RUSSERT: Senator Obama, any statements or vote you'd like to takeback? OBAMA: Well, you know, when I first arrived in the Senate that first year, we had a situation surrounding Terri Schiavo. And I remember how we adjourned with a unanimous agreement that eventually allowed Congress to interject itself into that decision making process of the families. It wasn't something I was comfortable with, but it was... American Papist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1977176/posts#comment Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:02:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947401/posts Bronx, NY (LifeNews.com) -- The battle over the life and death of a teenage girl in New York has drawn the attention of pro-life advocates in recent days. The fight to save Javona Peters reminds some of the struggle of the Schindler family in Florida to save the life of Terri Schiavo, a beloved daughter and sibling whose former husband eventually took her life. In this case, Peters' parents are disagreeing on whether or not to remove her feeding tube and take her life.Peters fell into a coma in October while she had a routine medical procedure at Montefiore Medical... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947401/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jan 2008 23:57:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1939869/posts December 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Bobby Schindler, the brother of Terri Shiavo, the young woman who was dehydrated to death in Florida in 2005, has become a prominent opponent of euthanasia since that wrenching time for his family. In a recent Challenge magazine interview with Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Schindler revealed the shocking details of the support from many prominent Catholic clergy for the court ordered removal of food and hydration from Terri. Bobby is a practicing Catholic as was his sister.   Schindler stated that his sister "was not dying, not attached to any type of... LifeSite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1939869/posts#comment Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:47:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905267/posts Tyler Savage: he is fed through a tube in his stomach A boy of 12 suffers from so many allergies that he is able to eat only five foods. Tyler Savage is violently ill every time he is given dishes containing dairy products or wheat, gluten, eggs, lactose and soya. The sole foods he is allowed are chicken, carrots, grapes, potatoes and apples. To help him survive, minerals and vitamins are pumped directly into his stomach through a tube. Tyler started to fall ill at the age of six when even a morsel of food would leave him writhing... The Evening Standard, London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1905267/posts#comment Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:51:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1899820/posts Since the election of Pope Benedict, the Church has been renewed by an abundance of blessings flowing from the Vatican. In case you did not hear, the Pope's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has just released its answer to the question of providing nutrition and hydration (i.e., food and water) to persons in so-called vegetative states. Even though a child can figure out that it's not right to starve people to death, the Vatican set the issue to rest this week. In its technically-precise language, the CDF vindicated our beloved Terri Schiavo by saying that no one... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1899820/posts#comment Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:09:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879965/posts Leaders Shouldn't Separate Faith and Politics, Catholic Governor Jeb Bush States By Elizabeth O'BrienATLANTA, Georgia, August 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Republican governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, brother of President George Bush, described his "faith journey" to audiences at a Catholic conference this summer, emphasizing that faith and politics should not be separated. The devout Catholic and pro-life politician received a standing ovation from a crowd of families, children, priests and young people before he even began his speech at the 11th Youth and Family Encounter conference at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The event was sponsored this July... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879965/posts#comment Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:07:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1871597/posts CLEARWATER, FL, July 25, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A North Country Gazette exclusive alleges, with evidence, that Michael Schiavo, who ordered the starvation of his wife Terry Schiavo in 2005, has a history of hostility towards co-workers, stalking women, vindictiveness and general unprofessional behavior. Last year, the Gazetter reports, Schiavo was involved in a complex tangle of accusations against co-workers at the Pinellas County Jail. The first alleged incident occurred on July 31, when co-worker Diane Cross illegally gave prescription medication, a muscle relaxant called Robaxin, to nursing supervisor David Richardson in order to alleviate his extreme back pain. Schiavo did... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1871597/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:10:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858335/posts On May 30, Ramirez was part of a serious car accident where he suffered multiple injuries and was put into a comatose state. He was placed onto feeding tubes where he received nourishment and water. Ten days later, the man’s wife, Rebecca, 33, asked doctors to pull him from the tubes after they explained that the accident would probably leave the man blind or in vegetative state. For five days, the hospital withheld sustenance from the injured man, but restored the tubes after the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) – an Ariz.-based Christian law firm – filed a lawsuit on behalf... The Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858335/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:23:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1856772/posts Springfield, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The family of Terri Schiavo could have called it a day after Terri was starved and dehydrated to death by her former husband over a two week period. They endured constant international news coverage and waged a discouraging battle in the courts that left their daughter and sister with no hope. Instead, Terri's parents Bob and Mary, brother Bobby and sister Suzanne pressed on. Not wanting the same fate to befall other disabled patients, they reworked the foundation they created to help Terri and organized it to assist other incapacitated or minimally conscious patients. Since they... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1856772/posts#comment Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:15:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851012/posts MESA, Ariz. - An incapacitated Chandler man in a hospice must be kept alive and given a special guardian, a judge has ruled. Jesse Ramirez, 36, suffered a broken neck, fractured skull, punctured lung, broken ribs and fractured face in a rollover crash May 30 in Chandler. A neurosurgeon told Ramirez's wife and family on June 8 that doctors had done all they could for Ramirez, who maintains minimal brain activity. Ramirez's wife, Rebecca, reportedly wants him to be denied food and water but his parents and sister want him to be given life-supporting care. AZstar.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851012/posts#comment Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:54:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1840067/posts UNITED STATES, May 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The three front-runners in the Republican presidential primary repudiated Congress’ intervention to save the life of Terri Schiavo, the Florida brain-injured woman who died of court-ordered dehydration and starvation in 2005 at the behest of her husband who was then living with another woman. Front runners Rudy Giuliani, Sen. John McCain, and former Gov. Mitt Romney were all asked in the debate moderated by MSNBC: “Terri Schiavo: Should Congress have acted or let the family make the decision, the husband?”Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, who is campaigning on his pro-life conversion responded... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1840067/posts#comment Sat, 26 May 2007 06:24:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838240/posts LifeNews.com Note: Bobby Schindler is the brother of Terri Schiavo and works with the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation to help disabled and other patients like her to receive the lifesaving medical treatment they deserve.I recently returned from Austria and Germany where I had the fortunate opportunity to speak in front of several organizations to give witness to my family's struggle to care for my sister Terri. Along with the circumstances of Terri's life and death, I spoke about how the medical community continues to target the disabled by convincing the American people that if someone's "quality of life" is deemed... LifeNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838240/posts#comment Wed, 23 May 2007 05:11:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831788/posts Forget abortion rights. The opinions Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has now expressed on the right-to-die case of Terri Schiavo make him look both unprincipled and out of touch. That's a clumsy combination. Schiavo spent 15 years in a persistent vegetative state before she died two years ago after her feeding tube was removed. Her court case attracted international attention and spurred controversial attempts by Florida's governor and Legislature, and the president and Congress, to intervene. For Giuliani, though, his position seems to be a work in progress. In 2005, on the day after Schiavo died, he told the New... St. Petersburg Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831788/posts#comment Fri, 11 May 2007 05:27:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827658/posts I purchased this book last year, and found it to be one of the best references for facts in Terri Schiavo's case. Reading this book is like sitting down with Cheryl and Jan, and listening/watching them present the actual evidence and truth about so many things that the mainstream "pro euthanasia" media has refused to tell. You will see the actual hospital documents, police reports, and so much more. I will warn you though, that once you learn about the judicial misconduct, FL laws broken, the details of Michaels malpractice case,(money was paid under the claim that Terri had a... Amazon.com:Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827658/posts#comment Thu, 3 May 2007 10:17:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809596/posts St. Petersburg, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Terri Schiavo's family will never forget the next to last day of her life two years ago. It started with a Supreme Court ruling and a judgment by a federal appeals court, and ended with the knowledge that their daughter wanted to live.The U.S. Supreme Court, on that Wednesday, issued a decision allowing Terri Schiavo's painful starvation death. It wound up being the last legal decision in the long battle between Bob and Mary Schindler and Terri's former husband Michael.The once-sentence ruling was issued just hours after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809596/posts#comment Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:50:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1807291/posts On the night of Terri's funeral, I posted a few observations and a lot of pictures of what I had seen in the days of Lent, the Triduum, and the First Sunday of Easter. They are here: http://www.endlesswonder.com/terrischiavo.html Many times I have wanted to go in and update or even expand upon what was there, but I decided to just leave it as a memory frozen in time of one of the most disgraceful moments in our history when just about everyone let us down, and worst of all, Terri's death There was once a day when I would think... Eyewitness http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1807291/posts#comment Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:18:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1804515/posts Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney recently stated, "My view was a case like this would normally be left in the hands of a court." Romney was referring to the attempt by Congress to help save the life of my sister, Terri Schiavo. He mistakenly assumed passing the buck on this issue would gain him political capital. He could not be more wrong, morally or politically. Thomas Jefferson said, "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government." Sadly, many of our politicians have abandoned this basic... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1804515/posts#comment Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:25:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1800849/posts Her blue eyes sparkled, and a soft smile spread across Sarah Scantlin's face. Sarah belted out a series of scales and sounds after Golden Plains Health Care Center staff member Jennifer Trammell asked if she would like to practice her sounds. "La, la, la; da, da, da; so, so, so," she said. At Trammell's suggestion, she repeated the series. Hutchinson News Photo Sarah Scantlin smiles for the video camera during an interview Tuesday. Photo by Sandra J. Milburn "Why are we doing this, Sarah?" Trammell asked, then answered the question herself: "This helps you form words and strengthens your vocal... The Hutchinson News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1800849/posts#comment Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:10:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799287/posts TAMPA -- He's campaigning hard for support from Republican social conservatives, but presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Saturday he disagreed with the government's intervention in the Terri Schiavo case. "I think it's probably best to leave these kinds of matters in the hands of the courts," Romney said in a television interview airing today. St. Petersburg Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799287/posts#comment Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:40:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777882/posts I don't know about anyone else, but I am still waiting for Michael Schiavo to make a correction on his blog about what "actually" took place in Colorado when he went there (to the debate) to supposedly ask Congresswoman Musgrave one question and she and her staff supposedly tried to have him removed. He called it, "My unreal night in Colorado - with radio link" (Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 08:05:14 PM PST). I'll say (from what I read) that it was his "unreal night". As I said before in "Standing up and Admitting a Mistake: Not Schiavo's Style?",  if... Dakota Voice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1777882/posts#comment Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:49:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762203/posts Frozen in time: the disabled nine-year-old girl who will remain a child all her life · Parents fiercely criticised over 'offensive' surgery · Disability groups say case raises troubling issues Ashley's parents call her their Pillow Angel, a moniker that is a reference to the love and joy they feel for their nine-year-old daughter and the severe disabilities she has suffered from birth. She cannot sit up, walk or talk, is fed by tube, and, as her parents put it, "stays right where we place her - usually on a pillow". Ashley won't know this, as she is brain-damaged and... Guardian Unlimited http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762203/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jan 2007 12:17:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747757/posts Theresa Marie Schindler was born to Robert and Mary Schindler on December 3, 1963. She was the first of three children the Schindlers would have. Terri was a shy, but comical, child who had an affinity for music, animals and the arts. She kept a small circle of friends and was dear to schoolmates, neighboring families and her own extended family. Following high school, Terri came into her own. She developed a knack for sketching and doodling. She enjoyed outings with her friends. She was an adoptive mother to the family’s dog, Bucky. Terri attended Catholic School while growing up... Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747757/posts#comment Sun, 3 Dec 2006 11:03:26 GMT