Terri Was Alive
Some say Terri Schiavo died in 1990
from what they do not say;
Others say the system
took Terri Schiavo's life on a 2005 day.
What is the truth?
Who's telling the lie?
Was Terri Schiavo already dead
when she was forced to die?
Makes little sense to say
Terri Schiavo was dead any way
to justify forcing her to go thirsty
and hungry day by day.
Makes little sense to blame
Terri Schiavo for what the system
allowed her husband to do:
strip Terri of her dignity and take
her personhood away.
Makes no sense to say
Terri Schiavo wanted to die
When there was no way to know....
What is the truth?
Who's telling the lie?
Was Terri Schiavo already dead
when she was forced to die?
Makes no sense to kill for mercy's sake
[Regardless of her quality of life]
Terri Schiavo's life was not ours to take.
Some say Terri Schiavo died in 1990
from what they do not say;
Others say the system
took Terri Schiavo's life on a 2005 day.
What is the truth?
Who's telling the lie?
Was Terri Schiavo already dead
when she was forced to die?
Believe what you will...believe what
you may.....Terri Schiavo was a living
human being, when the court ordered
her food and water took a way.
Makes no sense to kill for mercy's sake
[Regardless of her quality of life]
Terri Schiavo's life was not ours to take.
-Janice Sanford
Three years ago others made the decision that robbed Terri Schiavo of her life. Her biological family[the Schindlers] have endured the pain of knowing that Terri [their daughter, and sibling] was forced to go without food and water until she died from dehydration.
Three years ago the Greer Court, and those who sought, and were given the right to force death on Terri Schiavo, betrayed every God fearing American. They took over two hundred years of American history and turned it on its head. No longer are we a nation governed by "We, the People." The judges who were involved in the Terri Schiavo case made it clear that they didn't care what Americans thought.
"That is the emotional rhetoric of this case. It does not influence this court, and cannot influence this court. I want you to know it and I want the public to know it," - Judge Whittemore
Timeline - The last thirteen Days of Terri Schiavo's Life
March 18, 2005 - Terri's feeding tube was removed for the third time.
March 22, 2005- ...Mary Schindler collapsed weeping into husband Robert Schindler's arms outside their daughter's hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla., as an appeals court in Atlanta began considering whether to overrule the federal judge in Tampa who decided Tuesday that a measure Congress passed early Monday did not require him to order the tube reinserted. She pleaded with Florida lawmakers in Tallahassee to intervene.
"Please, senators, for the love of God, I'm begging you, don't let my daughter die of thirst," Schindler said. ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56022-2005Mar22.html March 22, 2005- ...As Plaintiffs have not established a substantial likelihood of success on the merits, Plaintiffs' Motion for temporary Restraining Order (Dkt.2) must be DENIED...[James D. Whittemore,United States District Judge]
http://fl1.findlaw.com/news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/schiavo/32305opn11.pdf
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udge Whittemore March 23, 2005 -Petition for Injunctive Relief-DENIED http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200511556.pdf
March 23, 2005 - A nurse, who worked until Monday at the hospice where Terri Schiavo is dying of dehydration and starvation under court order, claims Terri feels pain and the nursing staff medicates her for that pain. Nora Wagner also claims she was fired Monday after expressing support for keeping Terri alive.
March 24, 2005 - Respondent Michael Schiavo's Opposition to Application for Injunction
http://fl1.findlaw.com/news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/schiavo/32405acluopp.pdf
March 24, 2005- http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/24/Floridian/15_years_ago__Terri_S.shtml
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March 25, 2005 - a state judge in Clearwater, Florida, holds an emergency hearing on a new motion filed by Terri's parents. The hearing will be by teleconference.
March 25, 2005 - Whittemore - Motion for Temporary Restraining Order -DENIED
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"That is the emotional rhetoric of this case. It does not influence this court, and cannot influence this court. I want you to know it and I want the public to know it," - Judge Whittemore
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March 26, 2005- Greer denies Motion for Relief from Judgement Based upon the Incapacited's Articulation of End of Life Wishes
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March 31, 2005 (9:05 a.m.) Terri Schiavo dies.
March 31, 2005 -(Filed 1:40p.m.) - Deborah A. Bushnell's 'Petition For Administration' is filed
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March 31, 2005 -(Filed 1:35 p.m.) -Judge George Greer signs 'Letters of Administration' which reads in part :
"Whereas, Michael Schiavo, a resident of Pinellas County. died on March 30, 2005, owning assets in the State of Florida,..."
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NOTE: Judged George Greer signed 'AMENDED LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION", on May 24, 2005, which reads in part: "Whereas, Theresa Marie Schiavo, a resident of Pinellas County, died on March 31, 2005, owning assets in the State of Florida,..."
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Just hours before Terri Schiavo's death on Thursday, March 31, 2005, Florida Pinellas County Probate Court Judge George Greer released nine of 11 videotapes of Terri that had been recorded in 2002. Two of the 11 tapes remain sealed by the court. Why?
“Euthanasia in America now has a name — and a face.” -Pat Anderson
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