Saturday, April 9, 2022

We Must Never Forget Terri Schiavo

 From Bobby Schindler at LifeNews:

Terri did not have a medical directive, so it was Michael who became her court appointed caretaker which exclusively authorized him the fiduciary duty to make all treatment decisions in Terri’s best interest. At the time, my family did not anticipate there would be an issue with Michael being Terri’s caretaker.

However, in 1993, barely three months after a medical trust was established for Terri’s lifelong rehabilitation and therapy, Michael had a change of heart, deciding he was going to end Terri’s life. This also meant that if Michael was successful in killing Terri, he would inherit her medical trust, which at that time, was valued at close to a million dollars.

Tragically, in 1997 after two failed attempts to end Terri’s life by refusing to treat her urinary tract infections, Michael petitioned the court to remove Terri’s feeding tube and intentionally kill her by dehydration. My family immediately objected to Michael’s petition. We were confident that the court would see through Michael’s motivations. After all Michael had a live-in girlfriend, and if successful would inherit Terri’s million-dollar trust.

Michael would go on to rebuff pleas from U.S. lawmakers, the President of the United States, and the Vatican to allow my parents to care for Terri rather than kill her. Many of these leaders even suggested that Michael quietly divorce Terri so Michael could legitimize his adulterous affair by marrying the woman with whom he was cohabitating.

In January 2000, after a week-long trial in front of Pinellas County Florida Circuit Judge George W. Greer ruled in favor of Michael removing Terri’s feeding tube. Judge Greer sentenced Terri to death without even visiting her. My family had pleaded desperately for the judge to spend time with Terri so he could see for himself that what Michael testified under oath about Terri was not true. (Read more.)


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