"God Is Standing Right Here With Us".

Editor's note. Few cases have captured the imagination of pro-lifers the way Terri Schindler-Schiavo's struggle for life has. This brain-injured woman is caught in the middle of a titanic struggle between her husband, who wishes to remove her feeding tube, and her parents, who want their daughter not only to be fed and hydrated, but also given vigorous therapy.

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has been a stalwart ally to the Schindler family. Unfortunately, last month, the 2nd District Court of Appeals granted a motion from Terri's husband to send her case directly to the Florida Supreme Court, bypassing a lower-court review.

At NRLC 2004, Bobby Schindler, Jr., Terri's brother, delivered a moving testimony to her family's utter dedication to Terri. The following is an excerpt from his remarks at the July 2 Prayer Breakfast.

It wasn't until this experience with my sister, Terri and seeing firsthand the unrelenting determination to make sure that she is killed, that my family realized just how insidiously these death groups operate. ... Personally, before this began with Terri, when I would think of this pro-death movement, the first thing that would come to my mind would be abortion. I never gave much thought to euthanasia. Euthanasia was a word that I recognized and, I think, most of the public associated with Nazi Germany, never thinking that killing those deemed "less-worthy" this could ever happen again, let alone in our country.

There have really only been very few who have been outspoken and warned us about the dangers of how euthanasia is once again threatening our culture and the most vulnerable persons among us. Even with that, I don't think many of us were listening.

Mr. Wesley Smith is one person that comes to mind, warning us for many years of the dangers posed by this "right-to-die" movement. I remember him saying, specifically about my sister, that they are going to do everything they can to represent Terri as a non-person.

And listen to what [former Surgeon General] C. Everett Koop, M.D., stated in 1990 about euthanasia. His words are haunting.