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Terri Schiavo

Today, I received an email from Tim at ProLifeBlogs "because of a critical situation that has developed in the case of Terri Schiavo."

Tim explains that today, the courts rejected the pleas of Terri’s parents to stop her husband, Michael, from withholding food and water from her. He has promised to begin starving her tomorrow at 1 pm. Here is an excerpt from Tim's email:

Terri is not a "vegetable" or "brain-dead" as Michael and his lawyers claim, but responds to others and is aware of her surroundings. She laughs, smiles and, according to her nurses, has a small vocabulary. Terri is not on life support and is healthy. She needs help eating and is fed through a tube (helping someone eat and drink who is impaired has never been considered artificial life support).

While Michael asserts he is carrying out Terri's wishes, he waited until after he received a large sum of money from a lawsuit against her doctors before making this claim. During the lawsuit, he alleged negligence and motivated a financial award with the potential cost of Terri’s rehabilitation.

However, Terri has been denied rehabilitation that experts testify could allow her to eat and talk. The courts in Florida have consistently blocked appeals to give Terri proper tests and therapy that would improve her life. Terri may not have the capabilities she once had, but she is no less valuable and no less a person.

Please see Tim's post that helps explain what you can do to help.

I have not yet read the latest reports on why the US courts rejected the pleas of Terri's parents to stop Michael Schiavo from starving their daughter, but having seen several posts on the issue, I am responding to Tim's email by blogging this in support of many bloggers who are going to a lot of trouble and effort to raise awareness of the plight of Terri Schiavo and her family.

Note, it is taking a few hours to publish this post. Either my ISP is having problems or the net is so busy, it has ground to a halt. Hopefully these two issues are contained within millions of posts zipping around the world.
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By the Committee to Protect Bloggers

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