Terri on the road to recovery before the second stage began.
Terri on the road to recovery before the second stage began.
It's hard to put a chronology on "outside" events, but I'd venture that it was George Felos who took Michael's case to the media and appealed for liberal-left political support. 1998, maybe? The Left held the field before we ever got there. So, I guess you could say that we fought a lost cause from day one. But it was well worth the fight, and the ultimate victory is to Terri. Her story touched hearts all over the world. The Pope and the President both pleaded for her life. The injustice to her was written large and will never be forgotten.
Thank you for another photo with a story.
I think it's silly to take the stance that she looked "beautiful" or the same after the episode that started her on the road that lead to her death. If one believes that life is precious, it's about the inside, the soul of a person if you will, not their outward appearance. This is why it's become harder and harder for me to support so-called "abortion rights" and the "right-to-die." How can anyone argue that the soul of a person ever is, or becomes irrelevant? If in a rational moment someone expresses to a relative, or their doctor, the wish to die rather than be kept alive by extraordinary measures, I have to respect that. But short of that rock-solid evidence of a person's intent, I think it becomes dicey. In this case, it all looked too much like a fed up caregiver ready to move on, whatever the cost. Schaivo's refusal to turn over care of Terri to her family was shocking IMO. He was hell-bent on ending his own agony, not Terri's. And he continually, even after her death, stuck a shiv in the backs of the Schindler family, happy to inflict whatever pain he could. A truly odious person, he is.