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Disability Rights Groups File Amicus Brief in Terri Schiavo Case.
Disability rights groups, led by the organization Not Dead Yet, filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief February 21 in support of the life of Terri Schindler-Schiavo. Schindler-Schiavo, the Florida woman who is threatened with withdrawal of food and fluids, will be the subject of an appeals court hearing April 4.
A university-affiliated policy center, a patients' rights group, and two people who have survived serious brain injury joined the 12 disability rights groups in the brief.
"A judge's order to terminate the life of a woman with severe disabilities is not a private family matter," Max Lapertosa, attorney for the 16 amici, said in a news release. "Terminating Ms. Schiavo's life support would not be possible without the authority of the courts. This case reflects whether our society and legal system values the lives of people with disabilities equally to those without disabilities."
Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George Greer announced November 22 that Schindler-Schiavo's husband Michael could withdraw his wife's feeding tube, according to the St. Petersburg Times. Her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, strongly oppose the starvation and dehydration death of their daughter, and have been waging court battles with their son-in-law for almost five years.
Greer's order was stayed pending the review ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 30, 2005 700+ words
...leading player in the Terri Schiavo debate is a Florida judge...evidence showed Mrs. Schiavo wanted to be kept alive...criticisms from disability rights groups and others that he is biased in favor of Mrs. Schiavo's husband, Michael...
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- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) March 30, 2005 700+ words
...In a rare legal victory for Terri Schiavo's parents, a federal appeals court...week, the same court twice ruled against Schiavo's parents, who are trying to keep her...We still have her." Doctors have said Schiavo, 41, would probably die within a week...
- Schiavo receives Holy Communion on a day of mounting tension.
- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) March 27, 2005 700+ words
...s resurrection Easter Sunday, Terri Schiavo received Holy Communion for the last time...rather than peaceful. Against all odds, Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler...their own attorney's assessment that Schiavo had "passed the point of no return...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) March 31, 2005 700+ words
...the last two years, the face of Terri Schiavo became as familiar to many Americans as...brain damage. One later snapshot featured Schiavo _ with makeup her husband had applied...famously, there were the video images of Schiavo in 2001 as she appeared to react to affection...
- Schiavo's feeding tube is removed; Hill leaders craft a bill, subpoenas for an...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 19, 2005 700+ words
...WASHINGTON TIMES The feeding tube of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman at...move and reinstated his order that Mrs. Schiavo's food and water be stopped, though...issued the subpoenas to reinsert Mrs. Schiavo's feeding tube while the committee files...
- Schiavo anniversary marked by bitterness: A year after death, families still at...
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Bauers, Sandy March 31, 2006 700+ words
...31--One year after the death of Terri Schiavo, her divided family members say they're...and futile search," says husband Michael Schiavo in Terri: The Truth. "Evil," says Terri Schiavo's mother, Mary Schindler, writing about...
- Schiavo speaks on Lamont's behalf.
- Newspaper article from: Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT) July 29, 2006 700+ words
...Lockhart Jul. 29--HARTFORD -- Michael Schiavo, whose battle to remove his brain-damaged...between personal and political decisions," Schiavo said during a news conference outside...his wife, Terri's, feeding tube, Schiavo has formed a political action committee...
- Schiavo's parents seek meaning in video, but experts say images misleading.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) March 23, 2005 700+ words
...Byline: Judith Graham Mar. 23--Terri Schiavo's eyes look vacant. Her mouth hangs...Hi, baby," in a bright voice. Schiavo's lips turn upward, and her blinking...intelligent, intelligible behavior on Schiavo's part is anything but, most physicians...