Posted on 06/14/2005 10:16:07 AM PDT by areafiftyone
LARGO - The long-awaited results from Terri Schiavo's autopsy will be released Wednesday morning, Pinellas County officials announced today.
The brain-damaged woman died at her Pinellas Park hospice on March 31, two weeks after the removal of her feeding tube. During the course of the legal battle, allegations surfaced that Michael Schiavo abused Terri. Those complaints had previously been dismissed in court, but the autopsy is expected to settle that question for good.
The autopsy is also expected to reveal what condition Terri was actually in when she died. Her parents insisted that she was minimally conscious, but most medical experts agreed that her apparent responses were involuntary movements.
The autopsy was performed by Dr. Jon Thogmartin, the Pinellas-Pasco medical examiner. He is expected to talk at the 11 a.m. press conference Wednesday.
Regardless of Autopsy, Wrong to Kill Terri Schiavo Priest Says
June 15, 2005
Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- A Catholic monk who was by Terri's family's side in the weeks leading up to her starvation and dehydration death told LifeNews.com that the autopsy results have no bearing on the immorality of euthanizing her.
Whatever led to Terri's collapse, "in the long run it doesn't matter," Brother Paul O'Donnell, a Franciscan monk who helped Bob and Mary Schindler, told LifeNews.com.
" We still do not have the right to kill someone regardless of their physical or mental condition," he said.
It concerned O'Donnell that the autopsy results placed so much emphasis on how Terri died.
"I think it's a matter of semantics to say whether she died of dehydration of starvation. Both are cruel and we're still killing a human being," he told LifeNews.com. "It was bogus to say Terri didn't suffer."
Commenting on the autopsy results released Wednesday by county medical examiner Dr. Jon Thogmartin, O'Donnell said he doesn't think they get rid of the concerns Terri's family ha that Terri may have been physically abused by her estranged husband Michael, leading to her 1990 collapse.
He disagreed with Thogmartin's assessment that medical officials looked into that possibility early on.
"The homicide unit never did anything," O'Donnell said. "You just done have a 20-something year-old woman collapse for no reason and not investigate that."
O'Donnell said he and the Schindler family still believes its possible that physical abuse led to Terri' collapse.
"They still believe there is enough circumstantial evidence that something happened to Terri that caused her to go into this condition," he told LifeNews.com.
"We don't know what happened," O'Donnell added. "But, Michael has given three separate accounts of how he found Terri and I know the family is very worried and has concerns."
O'Donnell also mentioned that Terri and Michael had severe arguments leading up to her collapse and he said it's possible that Terri suffered from emotional and psychological abuse.
O'Donnell, said the autopsy contradicts information that came to light earlier in the debate over Terri's condition.
"There was no evidence that Terri was bulimic," O'Donnell said. "It resonated with me that the whole malpractice lawsuit was based on a lie. And under that very premise, everything else that takes place could be a lie."
http://www.lifenews.com/bio1027.html
IT was wrong to kill her because her rights as an American Citizen had not been protected.
thanks for posting that. Keep me on your ping list, thanks. I regret that I did not get to meet you when I was down there -- perhaps next time. Take care.
Yes!! Let's ignore the trolls. May I suggest if we "must" answer them, send them a PM so as not to ruin the thread. We are only giving them entertainment at our expense.
Mark Fuhrman on Hannity NOW!!
George Felos gloats at today's news conference. Asked where Michael Schiavo was, Felos replied that he had no idea of Michae's whereabouts.
On Hannity's radio, Terri's brother, and maybe sister as well, will be on.
Mark Furhrman on now.
On Hannity's radio, Terri's brother, and maybe sister as well, will be on.
Mark Furhrman on now.
Dr. Jon Thogmartin informed the media that Terri had a very strong heart. She did not suffer a heart attack as Michael Schiavo has claimed.
Terri's brother and sister will appear on Hannity & Colmes tonight at 9 pm EST.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,134671,00.html
I was deeply impressed at the eloquence of simple truths coming from Brother Paul. He is a wonderful credit to his order.
2 Timothy 3
Perilous Times and Perilous Men
Dangerous Times Are Coming
1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
Indeed he is.
Terri's brother on Sean's now.
Fuhrman said that in a private conversation with Sean, Sean said: I don't care what you find out - I just want to know what happened.
Here's a good link to get Sean's radio show. Click right under the microphone (right column), where it says live 6 - 8 pm, or something like that. I can't get it on the WABC link, either.
Here the link to click:
http://marklevinfan.blogspot.com/
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(((EV))) Been praying for you.
"Dr. Jon Thogmartin informed the media that Terri had a very strong heart. She did not suffer a heart attack as Michael Schiavo has claimed."
At least Thogmartin has a speck of honesty.
Thank you.
Remember the case where Ethel Kennedy's relative killed a woman (Stakel sp.?) in Connecticut with a gulf club??
Well, after Mark Fuhrman investigated and WROTE A BOOK about the case, the case was reopened and Ethel Kennedy's relative is now in jail.
Michael Schiavo has reason to worry.
If this is the thread I think it is, I lurked through hundreds of posts, with disbelief and a lot of chuckles. It was like the Zombie Jamboree.
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