ALL: Terri Schiavo Is An Innocent Person Who Will Fall Victim to Capital Punishment If Her Feeding Tube Is Removed
3/11/2005 10:23:00 AM
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To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor
Contact: Amber Dolle of the American Life League, 540-903-9572 or adolle@all.org
News Advisory:
-- Terri Schiavo Is An Innocent Person Who Will Fall Victim To Capital Punishment If Her Feeding Tube Is Removed
-- American Life League Joins Numbers of Supporters at Press Conference and Rally in Support of Terri
American Life League Vice-President Jim Sedlak will join numerous pro-life leaders and an untold number of supporters at a press conference and prayer vigil in support of Terri Schiavo on Saturday, March 12, at noon in Pinellas Park, Fla. "American Life League considers it an honor and a duty to speak out on behalf of Terri Schiavo," said Sedlak. "Our main message at these events is that a human being can never become a 'vegetable.' "
"Despite efforts by politicians and so-called medical professionals," Sedlak said, "the terms 'persistent vegetative state' and 'minimal conscious state' are simply devices to describe the medical status of a human being. Terri is a person. She will always be a person and attempts by the medical and legal communities to take away her rights are tragic and misguided."
Despite erroneous reports about Terri's status, she is not terminally ill; she simply requires a feeding tube for routine nutrition and hydration. "As the deadline for Terri's life gets closer, it is urgent that all those in a position to influence this case remember that Terri is a PERSON with all the rights given to every person in the United States by the Constitution," Sedlak said. "For a judge to impose capital punishment on an innocent person is outrageous and every person in America should be active in trying to correct this injustice. If they can do this to Terri today, they can do it to anyone else tomorrow."
EVENT DETAILS:
WHAT: Jim Sedlak, vice-president of American Life League, speaking at rally and press conference in support of Terri Schiavo
WHEN: Saturday, March 12, beginning at noon.
WHERE: Woodside Hospice: 6770 102nd Ave., Pinellas Park, Fla.
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Terri must not die. Thank you for all you are doing for Terri and the Schindler's. I'll be with you in spirit tomorrow. God bless!