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The fight over whether Terri Schiavo should live or die kept much of the world fixated in early 2005. It was a mixture of politics, religion and family feuding that stretched from Florida courtrooms and hospitals to Washington’s power corridors.
The face of Ms. Schiavo’s brother, Bobby Schindler, appeared worldwide in her final days as he acted as spokesman for their parents. More than a year after her death, the former math and science teacher isn’t finished talking.
"Once we accept a standard for killing somebody based on a subjective condition, where does it stop?" Mr. Schindler, 41, said earlier this week in a telephone interview from his office in St. Petersburg, Florida. "I don’t know where it’s going to go. As humans, we’re called to care for one another, not simply create easier ways to kill each other."
He believes if people did care for one another, they would see his sister’s case differently.
He says the American media distorted or ignored many crucial facts about Ms. Schiavo’s condition, especially her autopsy results. And conflicting medical opinions about her condition should have meant "erring on the side of life."
'As humans, we're called to care for one another'
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Let's set aside for the moment all the Republicans' not-so-subtle national security scare tactics of recent years equating a vote for Democrats with a vote for Al Qaeda. And let's ignore all the ugly gay-baiting with which the modern GOP drives its base to the polls. (Stay home Tuesday and, soon, sodomites will be setting up recruiting booths at your local day care!) Hell, let's even disregard all those giant placards featuring aborted fetuses of which pro-lifers are so enamored. (Better still: As I was typing the above sentence, I received an email from gopusa warning: "You'll find this hard to believe, but in California and some other states, a parent can answer the telephone and hear these words: 'Your 13-year-old child died earlier today while having an abortion at Planned Parenthood. We need you to come in and identify her body.'" How's that for illustrative coincidence?) Even if we ignore all that, I still have two words for you: Terri Schiavo.
Rush Limbaugh struggles to defend a values issue.
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There's a write-in campaign at the polling place for Terri Schiavo for Governor. (to send a message in her memory).