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Personal Note to our Readers:
From Debi Vinnedge, Executive Director
Children of God for Life has followed the case of Terri Schiavo for over two years when the matter was brought to our attention at a local Clearwater meeting of the group, Physicians for Excellence in Health Care. Although Terri's plight was occurring in our own back yard, we had no idea of the facts of this case, thanks to the local media that did a marvelous job of concealing the truth from the public. When I watched the video of Terri interacting with her mother, every lie I had been told about Terri was laid bare and refuted. As a mother, I watched and heard - heartsick - as this child interacted with her own mom and I wondered, how could anyone think for one moment that this young woman who smiled and tried to talk when her mother spoke, who moved her head and eyes - whose feeding tube was the only life support she used - was somehow classified as a person in a "coma" - or a "persistive vegetative state"? And then I heard the testimony of Dr. William Hammesfahr who showed in accurate medical facts how Terri had the ability to recover a great deal of the normal lifestyle that any one of us enjoy, but unfortunately, that much needed therapy was being denied by the husband that had promised a jury 10 years ago to do just that.
I strongly urge you to read Terri's ordeal and the gross injustice that has been inflicted upon this woman, who never had any sort of living will and who never has given up on her will to live. You may have read that Terri would never have wanted to be kept alive by artificial means. That is what the husband told the courts - right after he was awarded 1.2 million dollars. We can tell you this much...Terri never said she wanted to be starved to death - and that is exactly what the courts have tried to do. She can eat, she can swallow, she can say some words - very clearly - and she laughs, smiles and cries and reacts with great joy and love when her parents, her siblings and her priest visit her. To learn more about the ongoing battle for Terri, please visit her website: http://www.terrisfight.org
On October 21st, the following complaint was filed with Attorney General John Ashcroft and although her feeding has now resumed due to the new law passed overwhelmingly by the Florida House and Senate on October 20th and 21st respectively, her battle is not yet over. Michael Schiavo is still the legal guardian and no criminal investigation has ever been done to determine whether he may have brought about the mysterious injuries that resulted in her present condition. Below in chronological order (newest to oldest) are the letters Children of God for Life has sent and will continue to send until Terri Schiavo's rights are fully restored.
THE TRUTH
Terri Schiavo: Facts and Myths - Dr. Dianne Irving
GOVERNMENT EFFORTS
Click here to view to the letters from Delegate Bob Marshall to: (PDF FILES) President Bush House Judiciary Committee
Oct 31: US Attorney Tampa To All Florida Congress, Bilirakis and Young
Children of God for Life letters to Attorney General John Ashcroft: Continued Denial of Civil Rights (Updated 10-27-03
THE CHURCH
Oct 30:Article in Miami Herald: Priest Disputes Governor's Action
Oct 31st: Children of God for Life Responds to Fr. O'Rourke
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CONTACT CONGRESSMAN MIKE BILIRAKIS CONTACT CONGRESSMAN BILL YOUNG
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Unfortunately, even Fox, in their news crawls at the bottom of their screen, continue to characterize her as being in a "persistent vegetative state." This in spite of proof to the contrary as presented on their evening shows, including Greta's and Hannity's.