Ultimately, Schindler told LifeNews.com the foundation wants to open a medical center to provide care for those patients like Terri who can't find it anywhere else.
They are doing such wonderful work. God's work.
Posted on 06/26/2007 4:15:27 PM PDT by wagglebee
Springfield, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The family of Terri Schiavo could have called it a day after Terri was starved and dehydrated to death by her former husband over a two week period. They endured constant international news coverage and waged a discouraging battle in the courts that left their daughter and sister with no hope.
Instead, Terri's parents Bob and Mary, brother Bobby and sister Suzanne pressed on.
Not wanting the same fate to befall other disabled patients, they reworked the foundation they created to help Terri and organized it to assist other incapacitated or minimally conscious patients.
Since they they've come to the aid of dozens of families and patients across the country to help them fight legal battles and get medical care.
Recognizing those efforts, the National Right to Life Committee plans to award the Schindler family with its highest honor at its Proudly Pro-Life Dinner in October in the nation's capital.
The award has been given to other pro-life luminaries from Mother Teresa and Father Frank Pavone to Ben Stein, Patty Heaten and Wellington Mara.
Bobby Schindler spoke to LifeNews.com about the award and how the Schindler family wants to do more to help the disabled.
"Our family never thought that our efforts to get Terri help was anything exceptional," he said, adding that he and his family are "humbled to be receiving such a prestigious award from the National Right to Life Committee."
"To be included in the company of such extraordinary people that have dedicated their lives defending the sacredness of all life is truly an honor," Schindler added.
An awards night is a special gala and celebration that is much deserved, but the Schindler family is worried about what lies ahead in its work at the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation.
The foundation has seen the greatest need in Texas, where families of patients, under a futile care law there, have just 10 days to find another medical facility to care for their loved ones if the hospital decides to stop providing lifesaving treatment.
Schindler says the foundation has seen a desperate need for pro-life doctors and attorneys to help patients and their families, and he's hoping the grassroots pro-life community will help him identify more professionals willing to help.
The foundation wants to "build a national network of attorneys and doctors dedicated to protecting the rights of vulnerable, disabled and elderly persons."
"If you are an attorney or medical professional and would like to join this network, please contact us," Schindler told LifeNews.com. "If you know of such medical or legal professionals, please ... urge them to contact us if they are willing to help."
Interested parties can contact the foundation at their web site below and sending an email with more information.
The fight in Texas against the futile care law had the Schindler family, NRLC officials and pro-life advocates searching the country for medical facilities to care for patients in need. Despite the network of Catholic and other religious hospitals, they often found no medical center willing to take these desperate patients.
Ultimately, Schindler told LifeNews.com the foundation wants to open a medical center to provide care for those patients like Terri who can't find it anywhere else.
The center will lead to a network that will help the elderly and disabled in the same way crisis pregnancy centers assist pregnant women in need.
"Terri’s Foundation anticipates establishing a nationwide network of Terri Schindler Schiavo Neurological centers to provide care for brain injury victims and support for their families," he said.
Schindler's hope is that the network of centers will help ensure that no more Terri's face a future without the proper medical treatment they deserve.
The culture of death FRiberals will soon "remind" us that Terri "wanted" to be starved and dehydrated to death so that her estranged husband could marry the mother of his children.
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Ultimately, Schindler told LifeNews.com the foundation wants to open a medical center to provide care for those patients like Terri who can't find it anywhere else.
They are doing such wonderful work. God's work.
It is time to drop the attitude towards those of us who thought it was obvious that life had ended long before the body had. I'm not going to debate the whole issue, we all know both sides by heart.
I am just saying one can be pro-life, against abortion, simply not a Terry-bot, and still be a valuable ally against real evil.
How about dropping the animosity?
If you don’t want to debate the issue, that’s fine. But my opinion will NEVER change.
We mustn't forget that the "gentle giant" as one article dubbed him, kept his promise. Even carved it on the stone celebrating her removal.
I always thought the meaning of his statement referred to the fact that he informed her that he would see her dead if she tried to escape the relationship. I can't prove it but I do sincerely believe it.
There are a lot of us who believe the same thing.
Fine, keep the animosity up, it’s your decision. I would prefer otherwise.
It’s obvious from your posts that you wish to continue the same animosity against Terri and her family that you’ve always projected. So drop the sweet little innocent routine. You’re not fooling anyone.
This is desperately needed. I had a similar idea for other kinds of conservative causes.
I am so glad to see the Schindlers be the recepients of this award.
I have given it hours of serious thought. One CANNOT be pro-life and also have been FOR the starvation and dehydration of Terri Schindler. It's too inconsistent.
Good, I was not trying to fool anyone.
I like to follow the prolife threads, and think we could be better off with out this "Culture of Death" crap, concerning fellow Freepers.
It looks like I was wrong.
One cannot be pro-life and support proactive measures to end the life of ANY innocent person.
Yes, you were wrong. Free Republic is a pro-life forum. You’re not going to change that.
Are you denying that there is a culture of death or are you merely unwilling to accept that there are people who post on FR who support it?
The starving thing was outrageous. I was visiting a friend at the end of her life, she was breathing very heavily, the nurse came in and said she was going to help her, (her blood could not carry oxygen any longer), and adjusted her medicine, she slipped away with her family by her side.
I do not want to change the fact that we are pro-life.
Apparently I was wrong in thing that pro-life people can get along.
Pro-life people get along great here. We only have a disagreement when a disruptor shows up pretending to be pro-life, while at the same time promoting a culture of death.
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