Posted on 04/16/2005 5:38:33 AM PDT by amdgmary
Schindler supporters decry attorney's offer to analyze autopsy report to prove PVS
Supporters of the late Terri Schiavo charge the ex-wife of lawyer George Felos is attempting to capitalize on the case of the brain-injured woman who starved to death after a court ordered removal of her feeding tube.
Dunedin, Fla., attorney Constance d'Angelis was married to Felos, who represented Terri's husband Michael Schiavo.
When Terri Schiavo's condition was argued in court, d'Angelis presented a CT Scan and other medical records to assert Terri was in a "persistent vegetative state."
Now, d'Angelis claims she will be available to interpret the anticipated medical examiner's report.
According to a statement, "Upon the release of the autopsy report, [d'Angelis] can analyze the results and weigh in on the important matters of how -- by reason, not emotion -- the 'persistent vegetative state' diagnosis of Terri Schiavo was arrived at, and why."
But the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation argues, "not only was d'Angelis co-counsel to George Felos during the guardianship proceedings on behalf of Michael Schiavo, she is not qualified to interpret or analyze a medical examiner's report. She is only licensed as an attorney and as a massage therapist."
D'Angelis is the former owner of lovinglawsuits.com and the author of "Pancha Karma -- A Life Changing Experience." She aided Felos in the 1998 petition to remove "artificial life support" from Terri Schiavo, although the law at that time did not provide for removal of a feeding tube under Terri's circumstances.
In February 2000, Pinellas County probate Judge George W. Greer ordered the tube removed. D'Angelis argued the decision was sustained throughout numerous appeals in both the state and federal courts.
The Schindler-Schiavo Foundation says, however, she "fails to make clear that no federal court has ever reviewed either Terri's case or the medical evidence presented to the lower court. Instead, they have declined jurisdiction."
The group concludes "d'Angelis is either attempting to capitalize on this tragic situation or preparing to support her former husband's contentions on a subject matter she is wholly unqualified to remark on."
"The former Mrs. Felos is not a doctor, a surgeon, a pathologist or even an orderly," said Pamela Hennessy, media coordinator for the foundation. "She is a massage therapist. Certainly, she can lend absolutely no analysis or insight into the results of the medical examiner's report. Rather, she can only recant what her former husband suggests as the truth to Terri's condition. Medical analysis is best left to medical practitioners and not lawyers."
Terri Schiavo died March 31, two weeks after her feeding tube was removed, ending more than a decade of bitter legal wrangling over her life between Michael Schiavo and Terri's parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, who insisted their daughter had a strong will to live.
I wish that I could be as optimistic as you about the truth being revealed someday, but it just isn't going to happen. As much as I hate to admit it, all of the media, including my favorite Fox News, has been complicit in this coverup. Every single anchor and reporter on Fox has been biased from the start, expressing utter contempt at Congress and President Bush for even getting involved in Terri's case. They are a part of the liberal "culture of death", and judging from their lack of interest in the true facts of this case, it is apparent that they hold the value of human life below that which is placed on a dog.
Fox's biggest offenders? Shep Smith, Judge Andrew Napolitano (who, on the day of Terri's death, decided to act outraged at what had happened to her after days of defending Judge Greer and his minions), Kiran Chetry (one of the most liberal lefties you can find) and most of the other Fox & Friends crew. I was totally disgusted by their misreporting and non-reporting of the facts. They had not one question when it came to their little angel Michael Schiavo. Those of us that were suspicious of Michael were branded as conspiracy theorists or even wackos. Fox is just another liberal spin machine. It really began to sink in while watching the Schiavo coverage. They showed their true stripes on this one.
Tom Delay on NOW, 10:30 Eastern Daylight Time Saturday Nite
FOX NEWS.
lovinglawsuits.com???
What freaks!
What about Sean...he was a virtual HERO when it came to defending Terri. I will NEVER FORGET what he did to get the other side of the story 'out there'. I love him for it. And TOM DELAY. And our PRESIDENT. I will NEVER FORGET what they did! Ever!
Too ironic for words...
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