"Terri's Legacy Project".

This is going to hurt ... probably a lot. Take yourself back in time to March 1831, 2005.

Remember where you were when you learned that Terri Schindler Schiavo's feeding tube had been removed, beginning her horrific court-ordered dehydration and starvation death. Remember the ups and downs of that two weeksthe unrestrained joy you felt when you heard that Congress had passed a law that might save her life, and the horror, helplessness, and sorrow you felt when judge after judge chose to ignore it.

Remember the looks on the faces of Bob, Mary, Suzanne, and Bobbythe Schindler family. Remember how your throat ached from crying, or trying to keep from crying, and remember the hours you spent prayerfully pleading that somehow her life would be spared.

Put yourself back on your couch as you watched the news reports, or in front of your computer as you read the grim headlines. Because in order to understand the importance of the project I'm about to describe, you need to remember the pain you felt over Terri's death.

You need to remember the resolve you felt that no matter what it took, you were going to do your part to make sure this sort of horror never played itself out againnot on the American landscape, and certainly not on your watch.

Remember what you would have done to save Terri's life during those horrible final weeks. Like most pro-lifers, you probably would have done anything and everything within your power, if it would have made a difference.

Now ask yourself what you would do to save the life of someone just like Terri? Someone who has a disability, is vulnerable, and is in danger of being killed? Someone whose only "crime" is not measuring up to some ridiculous "quality of life" standard set by people who fail to understand that life is precious regardless of level of ability?