http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/terri/ en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:22:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415570/posts LifeNews.com Note: Wesley J. Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and a special consultant to the Center for Bioethics and Culture. His most recent book is the Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World. This opinion column originally appeared in the Church Report.Terri Schiavo continues to prick our collective conscience, our sensitivity to the way she died -- deprived of all food and water, even the balm of ice chips for nearly two weeks -- as raw today as on the day she drew her last breath five years ago next March. Usually, the trauma remains... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415570/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:22:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393849/posts By Alex Schadenberg, Chairman, Euthanasia Prevention CoalitionNovember 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Many people will have read the story of Rom Houben, the Belgium man who was diagnosed as being in a permanent vegetative state (PVS) for 23 years, but who in fact had a condition known as Locked-in Syndrome. A person in locked-in syndrome is fully aware of all of their surroundings and they hear and remember the conversations that take place around them, but due to their cognitive disability they are unable to respond.The case of Rom Houben is significant given that many bioethicists are attempting to redefine... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393849/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:59:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392338/posts A man thought by doctors to be in a vegetative state for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it was revealed last night. Student Rom Houben was misdiagnosed after a car crash left him totally paralysed. He had no way of letting experts, family or friends know he could hear every word they said. Rom Houben was trapped in a coma for 23 years and had no way of letting anyone know he could hear what they were saying (pictured posed by model) 'I screamed, but there was nothing to hear,' said Mr Houben, now 46. Daily Mail [UK] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392338/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:51:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375569/posts WASHINGTON – A proposed revision to the directives that guide Catholic heath care facilities would clarify that patients with chronic conditions who are not imminently dying should receive food and water by “medically assisted” means if they cannot take them normally. “As a general rule, there is an obligation to provide patients with food and water, including medically assisted nutrition and hydration for those who cannot take food orally,” says the revised text of the “Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services” proposed by the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine. “This obligation extends to patients in chronic conditions... Catholic News Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375569/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:31:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330828/posts JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)--I envied Terri Schiavo for her father, Bob. There were times I thought: What a waste, she doesn't know how good she has it. Not like it was her fault, but if only she knew. But of course she knew. From all the firsthand accounts and the vivid description of my friend David Gibbs, the attorney who fought for the right of Bob Schindler's daughter to live, Terri herself knew what it was like to feel the whiskered face of her father rough up against her cheek and tickle her until she smiled. She knew when he... Baptist Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330828/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 23:50:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328369/posts Terri Schiavo's Father Dies At 71 (St. Petersburg, FL) -- The father of a woman who was at the center of a battle over "end of life" issues has died. Terri Schiavo's dad, Robert Schindler, passed away on Saturday at the age of 71. Schindler, his wife Mary, and their two other children became national figures back in 2005 while fighting to keep Terri alive on a feeding tube, against the wishes of her husband, Michael. Bobby Schindler released a statement saying he was "heartbroken" over the loss of his father and called his father "a man of integrity, character,... MetroSource News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328369/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:49:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303797/posts St. Petersburg, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The Terri Schiavo Story, a highly-regarded documentary on the life and euthanasia death of the disabled Florida woman, continues to rack up new awards. Meanwhile, the Schindler family continues to help disabled patients whose lives are threatened by doctors or families. Schiavo was killed in a painful starvation and dehydration euthanasia death over the course of nearly two weeks when her former husband won a court order to kill her and the documentary presents facts that the mainstream media distorted.Earlier this year the Terri Schiavo Story won the 2009 Jubilee Award at the San Antonio... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303797/posts#comment Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:01:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292659/posts <p>Speaking of judicial empathy, where was the empathy for the helpless Terri Schiavo as she was dehydrated to death by judicial order, without even the simple kindness of allowing the grieving parents to whet her blistering lips as she was being tortured to death?</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292659/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:09:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1225712/posts To the disgust of Florida's left-wing newspapers, Gov. Jeb Bush has tried to save Terri Schiavo from a gruesome, painful death by dehydration and starvation. Now the usual suspects in the pro-death crowd are rejoicing at the latest ruling by the Democrat-run Florida Supreme Court. But the governor said, "I'm disappointed for the moral reasons of the taking of innocent life without having, I don't think, a full hearing on the facts of what her intent was." He observed that courts can delay death sentences for decades. Will the innocent Mrs. Schiavo be accorded the same privileges granted to vicious... NewsMax .com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1225712/posts#comment Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:13:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253811/posts TALLAHASSEE -- State Sen. Jim King, a Jacksonville Republican and 22-year veteran of the Legislature, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the lawmaker's longtime spokeswoman said Saturday. “During a recent routine post-legislative session checkup, Senator Jim King was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. While Senator King plans to seek additional medical counsel and aggressive treatment, he is aware that this particular type of cancer is difficult to treat and manage, and that the outcomes are, at best, guarded," said Sarah Bascom, a political consultant and longtime spokeswoman for King, in a statement. Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253811/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 12:18:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194628/posts New York, NY -- Rolling Stone magazine is coming under fire for featuring a mock interview with former President George W. Bush in its latest issue. During the interview, Rolling Stone satirizes the death of Terri Schiavo by having the former president supposedly mocking her death, even though he tried to save her life. LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194628/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:19:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2177348/posts The tragic story of Terri Schiavo has, for most Americans, become a faded memory. But now, thanks to Ken Carpenter and Franklin Springs Family Media, the account of her heart-wrenching ordeal will forever be available to those who believe in the sanctity and value of human life. Narrated by well known Christian author and advocate for the disabled, Joni Eareckson Tada . . . Old Virginia Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2177348/posts#comment Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:44:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126473/posts Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Several pro-life leaders are hoping the majority of Americans who take a pro-life position on abortion will re-charge and re-energize following Tuesday night's election defeats. They say the pro-life movement must prepare themselves to take on a pro-abortion president and renew educational efforts."We have long known that the work of advancing a culture of life is not a short-term project," Americans United for Life president Charmaine Yoest told LifeNews.com."Recall that William Wilberforce fought against the slave trade for 45 years before he ultimately prevailed in his defense of life," she said."In 2008, it is clear... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126473/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 23:56:52 GMT 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