Posted on 02/23/2005 5:45:40 AM PST by ViLaLuz
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Please find below an important message from Terri Shiavo's father, Bob Schindler Sr. They have some important information to share with you regarding new attempts to starve his disabled daughter to death. Please take action right away on this important issue. Thank you. NewsMax.com
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Help Save My Daughter From Starvation! (from Terri Schiavo's father) Dear Friend of Life, By now you have probably heard about a young woman who is threatened with starvation in Florida. That young woman is my daughter, Terri. In 1990, through circumstances which are shrouded in mystery (and may involve a criminal act by Terri's estranged husband), my daughter was left severely brain-damaged. But before I go any further, I must put an end to the lies and misinformation that are circulating around the country through the media concerning my daughter's condition. Contrary to anything you may have heard, Terri is NOT brain dead; Terri is NOT in a coma; she is NOT in a "persistent vegetative state;" nor is she on ANY life-support system.
Terri laughs, Terri cries, she moves, and she makes child-like attempts at speech with her mother and me. Sometimes she will say "Mom" or "Dad" or "yeah" when we ask her a question. When I kiss her hello or goodbye, she looks at me and "puckers up" her lips. This may not seem like much to you, but it means everything to Terri's mother and me. It tells us she is still here, she still knows us, and with therapy and time she can have some level of recovery. I know that there are some hard hearted people who believe that due to my daughters condition, she is better off dead. Words cannot describe the pain and anger such sentiments cause us. This is our daughter, our little girl, and even in her disabled condition, she still has the right to life and the right to be loved and cared for by her family. Why, you may ask, is Terry in danger of death by starvation? It is a long and outrageous story, but I'll give it to you as briefly as I can. After the "incident" that left Terry in this condition, her husband Michael Schiavo sued various members of the medical community for money, saying that they did not treat or diagnose her properly at an early stage, and that he needed this money to provide for Terri's therapy and rehabilitation and care. After lengthy court battles, he finally won upwards of $1.7 million under the guise of caring for our daughter, and then to our horror, he immediately began spending the money on himself and his Playboy lifestyle. Terri's estranged husband Michael Schiavo has been living with another woman for years, and has two children by her. He is determined to see Terri dead. Why? We believe it's because he gets to keep whatever money is left... and he may have even darker motives than that. To add insult to all of this injury toward my daughter, Michael Schiavo is still her "legal husband" and therefore is her "guardian." And since they are not legally divorced, he controls whatever health care she will and will not get. We are not even allowed to know if she is getting aspirin. In 1993 my family initiated litigation against Michael Schiavo solely for the purpose of acquiring medical, physical and neurological assistance for our daughter Terri. The litigation escalated in 1998 when Michael Schiavo petitioned the court to stop Terri from receiving food and water, thereby starving her to death. In filing this legal action, he retained the services of a high profile euthanasia attorney and the financial backing of powerful euthanasia organizations. He also used Terri's medical rehabilitation money to underwrite much of the legal expenses associated with his effort to starve our daughter to death. We know that he has spent nearly $500,000 of Terri's money in attorney's fees for just one attorney trying to obtain a court order to have Terri starved to death. The very money that was supposed to be used for Terri's rehabilitation is being used to have her killed. We very quickly discovered it was impossible for us to compete with the abundance of financial and legal resources the pro-death organizations were providing Micheal Schiavo in their effort to kill Terri. They are pouring time and effort into her starvation because they want to use this case to further the agenda of legalized euthanasia. My wife and I are not wealthy people. Throughout those years, we did not have any large organizations trying to help rescue our daughter. Consequently, we had to rely on the generosity of attorneys who were willing to offer their legal expertise at no cost or at reduced fees. The bottom line is that we are in the final weeks or months of our struggle to rescue our daughter from an untimely death by starvation. Death by starvation is very slow, and extremely painful. As you must know, it is against the law to deliberately starve an animal to death. There are members of the Florida court who would not treat a dog the way they plan to treat my daughter. At this point we must pull out all the stops in our fight to rescue our daughter. As parents, we are desperate to save our daughter's life. As people who love life, we are determined to deprive the euthanasia advocates of successfully legalizing this form of homicide. We believe that their efforts to kill Terri are designed to set a precedent for the future eradication of defenseless disabled human beings. I was alive when Americans fought the Nazis; I do not want my daughter to meet the same fate of thousands of disabled people in Nazi Germany, and I do not want our country to go down that same dark path. Friend, though we have never met, I'm asking you for your help. We desperately need your financial assistance to help our family continue the battle to keep our daughter from being starved to death. There are so many expenses in a case like this it is mind-boggling and overwhelming. Please click below to make a contribution now: https://secure.cartlight.com/merchant/terri/?afid=max Our adversaries believe that by our family's financial attrition and difficulties, they will attain their objective of killing our daughter. Presently, Terri's starvation may only be a few weeks away, unless we find the financial resources to prevent this atrocity from becoming a reality. I implore you to please help us. We are writing to you, because we believe you have a heart for justice and mercy. I'm asking you to put yourself in my shoes, and then do whatever you can to help our family. Whether it is $10 or $1000, we are desperate for the resources to fight this battle for our daughter's life at this critical juncture. Please do whatever you can, and forward this e-mail to any friends or family that you have who you think might be interested in saving Terri's life. I thank you for your time, your concern, and I solicit your prayers for Terri and our entire family. These have been very trying times for us all. Sincerely, Bob Schindler Sr. |
I just went to Terri-Schindler Schiavo Foundation website, www.terrisfight.org, and it is crashed because of high volume:
"Thank you for visiting terrisfight.org, the official website of the Terri-Schindler Schiavo Foundation and the Schindler family.
Due to unprecedented volumes of web traffic, the main site is temporarily offline. We apologize for any inconvenience as we work to overcome these technical difficulties.
The Schindler family are encouraged at the outcome of today's hearing before Judge Greer and are overwhelmed at the public outpouring of care and concern being shown to them and their daughter, Terri Schiavo.
The Schindler family also welcomes the involvement of Florida's Department of Children and Families (the state's health and human services agency) in their investigation into serious and detailed allegations of abuse and to ensure that appropriate care and treatment of Terri and patients like her is being delivered.
We ask that you please continue to think and pray for them and for Judge Greer as he takes this matter under advisement. Terri's life and the lives of many disabled, elderly and vulnerable people in Florida hang in the balance."
Thanks for the alternative site of information for Terri.
Wow, great work pc93! Thank you.
Unfortunately there are those who will stop at nothing to fulfill their evil agenda. The husband, his lawyers, the ACLU and the pro-euthanasia groups backing him have no problem with killing innocent people who get in their way.
We are staring at evil itself. We're dealing with Satan....make no mistake about it. Many have said this makes no sense. If you just accept that Satan's agenda is interchangeable with the goals of the Culture of Death, that Pope John Paul II wrote about, you'll start to get the picture. This is an epic fight to the end for Good vs Evil. This is one battle in a very long war. This contest is not a spectator sport, everyone will be asked, on judgement day, where you stood and what you did to help. "Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?"....sound familiar?
I totally agree.
Hypothetical: Terri is now PREGNANT. Huh?
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We would like to do so, but need a link to something safe.
Got a wonderful e-mail from Joni Eareckson Tada last night, but no link to donate.
I meant to ask if the link in the article has been proven secure......
Could she be kidnapped for her safety?
Since its a money issues for her husband really, can she be "bought" from him. Just enough for him to go away?
It would be nice if someone would tell Floridians what was going on. THE QUOTE BY DANIEL WEBSTER made me sick. "The Court has come up with much better solutions than we have so far." Daniel Webster who we thought was for justice. By the way DANIEL WEBSTER'S PHONE LINE IS SWAMPED. I called to complain about his HORRID QUOTE. Did the death lobby wear him down???
WTF IS WRONG WITH FLORIDA? FIRST ELIAN, NOW THIS!?
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/2/24/81237.shtml
At the bottom of that letter you will see a secure link you can use to donate to Terri's cause via her dad.
It appears her husband's motivations to have her murdered go beyond mere money. I believe he also wants her dead because he is the one who caused her injury the night she collapsed. This would be the reason why he refuses any kind of therapeutic treatment for her.
Thank you SO much!
They should make the parents the guardians and send Terri home with them. Fifteen years of tub feeding in an institution is way too long. Send her home with mom and dad.
Fox TV says stay on removing feeding tube extended to 3-18.
Judge Orders Schiavo Feeding Tube Removed March 18
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- A Florida judge gave Michael Schiavo permission to remove the feeding tubes from his brain damaged wife Terri on March 18.
Michael Schiavo wants to remove the tubes, saying he is carrying out the wishes of his wife. The parents of the 41-year- old woman, who collapsed 15 years ago today, say they will continue over the next three weeks to seek ways to block the order, including filing a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court.
``We're pleased that we have three weeks before -- before they kill Terri,'' Schiavo's father, Robert Schindler, said in a televised news conference. ``We are not pleased that the attorneys don't have the time to go through the proceedings.'' ...
More at http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=ap7vRhKMs96w&refer=top_world_news
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