Posted on 12/03/2006 3:03:26 AM PST by 8mmMauser
Theresa Marie Schindler was born to Robert and Mary Schindler on December 3, 1963. She was the first of three children the Schindlers would have.
Terri was a shy, but comical, child who had an affinity for music, animals and the arts. She kept a small circle of friends and was dear to schoolmates, neighboring families and her own extended family.
Following high school, Terri came into her own. She developed a knack for sketching and doodling. She enjoyed outings with her friends. She was an adoptive mother to the family’s dog, Bucky.
Terri attended Catholic School while growing up and remained close to her faith throughout her life.
In 1983, Terri met Michael Schiavo at Bucks County Community College and the two began dating. He was the first romantic interest Terri had.
The couple was engaged within a few months and married a year later at Terri’s church in Southampton, Pa. She was 21.
In 1986, Terri and Michael relocated to Pinellas County, Florida and her parents followed three months later.
In 1990, at the age of 26, Terri suffered a mysterious cardio-respiratory arrest for which no cause has ever been determined. She was diagnosed with hypoxic encephalopathy – neurological injury caused by lack of oxygen to the brain. Terri was placed on a ventilator, but was soon able to breathe on her own and maintain vital function. She remained in a severely compromised neurological state and was provided a PEG tube to ensure the safe delivery of nourishment and hydration.
On March 31, 2005, Terri Schindler Schiavo died of marked dehydration following more than 13 days without nutrition or hydration under the order of Circuit Court Judge, George W. Greer of the Pinellas-Pasco’s Sixth Judicial Court. Terri was 41.
Planned Parenthood kills more people every year than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Unlike bombs, PP does it one murder at a time, in peace instead of war.
Donated? Who owns murdered fetuses? Does the mother still own her dead baby or does title pass to the baby-killer? This will become an important legal issue, mark my words.
That is an intriguing insight. I am sure lawyers aplenty will appear to debate this along with cabbages and kings, to determine just what sort of property this object is.
Ownership of the body parts of patients with brain injuries poses similar legal questions. Trouble is, the victims -- both patient and family -- haven't caught on yet. Hospitals put family members under intense pressure to terminate the loved one and donate his/her organs. The hospital's payoff is huge -- often six figures, I hear.
But obviously that is a moral hazard to kill patients who might recover. It's cannibalism for big bucks. Relatives of the soon-to-be chopped up loved one never know what hit them.
Everyone, I have been w/my mom daily and today took a break to see what you freepers have posted on Terri's Legacy thread.
Thanks for your offers of support and did I say we are having great weather here in this misguided place?
Hope she's doing well, FV. She's in my prayers.
As always, best wishes FV.
No doubt that was a tough case for all. Then it seemed to turn into a commercial. JMO
"Need cash? Pregnant? Come see us for the latest top dollar quote".
Someday the courts will have fun with that! Messy! Then again, maybe that might be a solution. I'll have to think on that.
It may have been a tough case, but after viewing the videos of him, it's obvious it was never a tough call. He was aware. He was exterminated. Opinions may vary as to whether it was right or wrong to kill him, but those are the facts.
My heart bleeds over this, but I think he died a natural death. BTW, I never ever mind to be corrected, by anybody.
I will never forget.
Terry Schiavo's brother to speak in N.H.Let's start with the fact that Terri was a woman, and didn't use the masculine spelling for her name.BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) — Terry Schiavo's brother will speak in New Hampshire this week to advocate for changes in the country's end-of-life laws.
Terry Schiavo was diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state after her heart stopped in 1990. Doctors thought there was no chance she would recover enough brain function to survive without life support.
After years of legal battles between her family and her husband, her husband was allowed to have her feeding tube removed in March 2005. She died a few days later.
Bobby Schindler of Tampa is Schiavo's brother. He'll be speaking in Bedford, New Hampshire, on Thursday.
He says he wants the persistent vegetative state diagnosis banned because it's frequently misdiagnosed.
To say that she was diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state is misleading. The evidence proves she was misdiagnosed. Florida Law clearly defines Persistent Vegetative State. Every doctor (including the ones who testified against her) testified that her condition was inconsistent with that diagnosis.
..."after her heart stopped" tends to suggest that was the initial cause of her injuries. No mention of the fact that the cause of her heart stopping was violent trauma. The autopsy proved she had a healthy heart.
Doctors thought there was no chance she would recover enough brain function... The doctors who actually examined her testified that there was a good chance she could improve with therapy.
...to survive without life support. She was already surviving without life support. If she never improved beyond the condition she was in at the time, she still would have survived without life support. Unless you call everything a healthy person consumes for survival "life support." She had food, water and air. None of which were supplied through extraordinary means. She had a documented ability to swallow not just her own saliva, but certain foods and beverages. The doctors testified that given the therapy she was illegally denied, her proven ability to swallow could improve. Judge greer ordered the cessation of all food and water, without regard to method of delivery. That had the same effect it would have on anyone who was denied food and water for the rest of their life.
"She died a few days later." No, she died 13 days later. That's quite a bit longer than a few days. That's almost 2 weeks.
It was soooo error it is easier to find what is not error. They describe Bobby Schindler as her brother.
There, how is that?
He also says he wants to see feeding tubes re-classifed as basic care, rather than medical treatment. Medical treatment can be withheld under the law, but basic care cannot be discontinued.
Terry Schiavo's Brother To Speak In Bedford
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BEDFORD, N.H. - Terry Schiavo’s brother will speak in Bedford this week to advocate for changes in the country’s end-of-life laws.
Terry Schiavo was diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state after her heart stopped in 1990. Doctors thought there was no chance she would recover enough brain function to survive without life support.
After years of legal battles between her family and her husband, her husband was allowed to have her feeding tube removed in March 2005. She died a few days later.
Her brother, Bobby Schindler of Tampa, Florida, will speak Thursday at an event sponsored by Cornerstone Policy Research, a conservative think tank based in Concord.
Schindler wants the persistent vegetative state diagnosis banned. He says it’s frequently misdiagnosed because doctors cannot agree on criteria.
Schindler also wants feeding tubes re-classifed as basic care, rather than medical treatment. Unwanted medical treatment can be withheld under the law, but basic care cannot.
Terry Schiavo’s brother coming to New Hampshire to speak
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As a pollster and spin doctor for the Republican Party, Luntz did an effective job in providing linguistic cover for their programs, policies and actions over the past dozen years or so. He's the guy who renamed the estate tax, ''the death tax'' and was one of the brains behind Newt Gingrich's ``Contract for America.''
This expertise in repositioning and reframing the competition to make them sound evil or unpleasant and taking opposing practices and cloaking them in positive and unthreatening language will surely appeal to certain segments of the business world.
Probably without intending to, Luntz provides an effective self-indictment of the politics of dishonesty and obfuscation, though in a last-minute addition, he does offer some self-effacing honesty. The book's addendum, a post-game analysis of his party's recent electoral failures, blames the ineffective ways it communicated with the public, listing the Terri Schiavo matter, Hurricane Katrina and other issues, though not the Foley affair, which may have been the last straw. But in one sentence, a ray of honesty pokes through, as Luntz writes, ``Not everything about what happened to Republicans in 2006 can be explained away by bad language. There was Iraq.''
You think?
Working with words to sell products, services and ideas
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Excellent analysis. I put the item in a different thread but w/o going into the excellent detail you brought out.
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