DCF: Terri Schiavo Not Abused, Exploited

ABC/AP ^ | 4.16.05

[ambrose]

DCF: Terri Schiavo Not Abused, Exploited

State Agency: Terri Schiavo Was Not Abused or Exploited by Either Side of Her Family

By VICKIE CHACHERE

The Associated Press

Apr. 16, 2005 - State investigators found no evidence that Terri Schiavo had been abused or exploited by either side of her family, according to documents released by Florida's Department of Children and Families.

The agency investigated 89 complaints dating back to 2001, when Schiavo's feeding tube was removed for the first time and the legal battle surrounding her right-to-die case intensified.

The calls alleged that the brain-damaged woman was being mistreated by her husband and her parents for financial gain. One complaint alleged that Schiavo's parents were selling videos of her through a Web site; another said Schiavo's husband wasn't spending money intended for her rehabilitation.

But investigators said they found no evidence that either her husband or parents were exploiting her, and often noted in their records that they found Schiavo well cared for on their visits to her Pinellas Park hospice.

The agency released the records Friday under court order.

Schiavo, 41, died last month after her feeding tube was removed for the third time, ending a bitter court battle between her husband, Michael Schiavo, and parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, over whether she would have wanted to live in a vegetative state.

The repeated allegations of abuse were based partly on bone scans showing Terri Schiavo suffered fractures and statements she made to family and friends that she was unhappy in her marriage.

Schiavo's husband has denied harming his wife. His lawyer said the fractures resulted from osteoporosis caused by the woman's years of immobility and complications of her medication.

Robert Schindler declined to comment there on the release of the DCF documents. An attorney for Michael Schiavo did not immediately return calls.

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[68 grunt]

Perhaps you need enlightenment? You said, amoungst other things, "... making anti-Christian Leftist posts ..."

This was an ignorant statement. Understand?

[Drango]

Bingo! Destroying the GOP.

Worth repeating... Bingo! Destroying the GOP.

[Howlin]

Don't be fooled by what you read on FR; it's not the GOP as a hole, just a few people who are in *need* of a national party to facilitate their agenda.

[EternalVigilance]

Destroying the GOP.

The GOP is destroying itself, with no help from me. All I'm doing is describing how it is doing it, in the hope that pro-lifers will put a stop to it before the damage is irreversible.

[68 grunt]

... Destroying the GOP.

I wonder if, in a Randian way, Keyes was also trying to destroy the GOP.

[Jorge]

State investigators found no evidence that Terri Schiavo had been abused or exploited by either side of her family, according to documents released by Florida's Department of Children and Families.

We can be sure the fanatics on these boards will conclude that the state investigators must be in bed with Judge Greer and Terri's husband.

[Howlin]

The GOP is destroying itself, with no help from me.

In your dreams. Now, don't deny it, we all know that's what you hope for.

You just don't represent the majority of conservatives and/or Republicans.

[EternalVigilance]

I wonder if, in a Randian way, Keyes was also trying to destroy the GOP.

If by illuminating constitutional principles the GOP is destroyed, it was not worth saving.

[Howlin]

I wonder if, in a Randian way, Keyes was also trying to destroy the GOP.

And now you get another BINGO!

[skr]

Do you think you no more about Terri's state than many doctors and 19 judges?

Not one judge above Greer looked at the trial facts. As to doctors, the major one Greer appointed and whose testimony he based his decision on doesn't even think that Terri had rights. Previous PVS patients would certainly know more than Crandall does.

[EternalVigilance]

You just don't represent the majority of conservatives and/or Republicans.

And you do? Now there's a good one...

You've chosen to place yourself with the eight-percenters on FR.

[68 grunt]

... All I'm doing is describing how it is doing it, in the hope that pro-lifers will put a stop to it before the damage is irreversible.

What some of us have tried to tell you is that you emasculate the very forces you 'purportedly' wish to empower.

[maica]

Wouldn't be possible to 'bring you down' anyhow. Can't go any lower than the bottom.

That's just what I was thinking about someone who refers to people who respect life as "fringers."

[KDD]

Google "conservative backlash Terri Schiavo".

In the long run, any political fallout over Schiavo is hard to predict. But it's possible, say Wittmann and others, that the Schiavo case - specifically, the unusual intervention of Congress in a family matter - could contribute to unease among moderate suburbanites who vote Republican on the economy and national security but are less comfortable with religious conservatives' dominance of the party on social issues. And at a time of narrow Republican control in Washington, every vote matters.

It was, in fact, an appellate judge appointed by President George H.W. Bush who wrote a ruling Wednesday criticizing the president and Congress for acting "in a manner demonstrably at odds with our Founding Fathers' blueprint for the governance of a free people -- our Constitution."

[Howlin]

You've chosen to place yourself with the eight-percenters on FR.

Oh, that's rich, coming from one of the one percenters.

Your problem is that you actually believe the things you post are true.

[EternalVigilance]

Take note.

Their talking points are now 'nuts' and 'conspiracies', all the time.

Their only goal is to marginalize anyone who doesn't toe the party line and hush up about this case like good little sheep.

[Howlin]

specifically, the unusual intervention of Congress in a family matter - could contribute to unease among moderate suburbanites who vote Republican on the economy and national security but are less comfortable with religious conservatives' dominance of the party on social issues.

Well, we tried to point that out early on, didn't we? And we drummed off the "main" Terri threads.

Some people were upset with W. and Jeb about what they didn't do; most people were upset with them about what they DID do.

[af_vet_1981]

Here come the conspiracy accusations that the whole state of Florida is "in on it"...

Not from me

[EternalVigilance]

What some of us have tried to tell you is that you emasculate the very forces you 'purportedly' wish to empower.

It is you who is emasculated.

Real men have a drive in them by their very nature to protect women, children and the weak from those who would bring physical harm to them.

[huck von finn]

I was unaware of this. Is there a link to the information? This happened on 4/13?