Schiavo portrayal incomplete
11/13/03
Recent articles and letters about the Terri Schiavo controversy have shown a serious bias and omitted crucial facts about the case.
There is no evidence at all that Schiavo "would have wanted the plug pulled" except the unsupported word of her husband. No one else who knows her believes this.
She is not being "kept alive artificially," except for a feeding tube. Her breathing and other functions work normally on their own.
Many doctors familiar with the case say that she is not comatose but at least somewhat conscious and that she could greatly improve with therapy -- therapy that her husband has systematically denied her. Several nurses who have taken care of her over the years say that at times she has even spoken to them. For the other side of the story, see www.terrisfight.org, especially the many links to independent sources of information. The reality of this case is very different from how the media have made it appear.
J. D. Gresham