A woman is about to be murdered, and you probably already know her name–Terri Schiavo.
Please help us rescue Terri from a horrible death by starvation! The moment her feeding tube is removed, Terri will begin a long, slow, painful death by starvation and dehydration.
We need your help NOW to rescue Terri from her cruel executioners. They’ve already tried to kill her once before, and she fought to stay alive. But this may be the last chance Terri gets. Will you help save her life?
MEDIA LIES
If you’ve heard about Terri only through the news media, you’ve probably been led to believe things like this:
* Terri is brain dead.
* She is in a coma.
* She’s a vegetable.
* Extraordinary means are being used to keep her alive.
* She wants to die but her parents stubbornly won’t let it happen.
None of these things are true!
Terri is NOT brain dead. She is NOT in a coma. She is NOT in a "persistent vegetative state." And she is not on ANY life-support system.
THE FACTS THE MEDIA HIDES FROM YOU
When her parents visit her, Terri laughs, she cries, she moves, and she makes child-like attempts at speech with her mother and father. Sometimes she will say "Mom" or "Dad" or "yeah" when they ask her a question. And when they kiss her hello or goodbye, she looks at them and "puckers up" her lips.
She’s able to sit in a chair, she loves to listen to her favorite music, and she recognizes her brother and sister when they come to visit.
Board-certified neurologist Dr. Jacob Green of Jacksonville, Florida, who examined Terri, said unequivocally: "She is not in a vegetative state." When asked if it would be ethical to remove her feeding tube, he said, "I’d call it murder."
Terri receives food and liquid through a feeding tube because she can’t swallow.SEE UPDATE In other words, Terri depends on food and water to stay alive-just like everybody else!
But her husband, Michael, wants to disconnect her only means of food so that she will slowly starve to death.
Medical experts all agree that death by starvation and dehydration is perhaps the most painful, the most tortuous, and the most agonizing way to die.
Yes, Terri’s injury left her disabled. But there are tens of thousands of disabled people who depend on gastro feeding tubes every day, and they live otherwise normal lives.
Terri can breathe for herself. She is not on a ventilator. Her vital organs are working fine, which means she is not hooked up to a machine. Furthermore, she is NOT dying or being "kept alive" by artificial means. She does not have a terminal disease, and she will be able to feel pain if she is starved to death.
And that could start to happen in the next few days.
THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS
Time is running out for Terri. Her feeding tube could be removed THIS WEEK!!!
There is one last court procedure that is being tried to save Terri’s life, but if it fails her feeding tube could be removed Wednesday.
If that happens then only thing that may save her might be action by Florida Governor Jeb Bush.
Governor Bush has already fought to save Terri’s life. The last time her feeding tube was removed he stepped in and snatched her back from the brink of death. The Florida legislature even passed a special law–"Terri’s Law"–to give him the authority to keep her alive.
But then the law was struck down by a judge, putting Terri’s life on the line once again.
If the courts continue their anti-life crusade against Terri and others like her, the only thing that may save her would be action by Governor Bush.
WHERE YOU COME IN
The attorneys who are fighting for Terri’s life have a few more possible ways to prevent Terri’s murder. But these are last-ditch efforts that may or may not work. The courts are decidedly on Michael’s side–not Terri’s.
So that means we have to come to Terri’s aid-especially through the amazing power of prayer and sacrifice–but also by sharing this story with everybody you know, and encouraging Governor Jeb Bush to do everything he can to rescue Terri once again.
Here’s what you can do . . .
1.) First, PRAY for Terri–harder than ever before! Not enough people are praying for Terri right now. And she needs our prayers now more than ever.
2.) Second, FAST along with Terri if and when her feeding tube gets removed–and then offer up your sacrifices for her.
3.) Third, please ENCOURAGE Governor Bush to do everything he can to rescue Terri. Since time is of the essence, we recommend that you send him an e-mail by clicking this link:
mailto:jeb.bush@myflorida.com
Or, if you prefer, you can call his office at the Florida State Capitol at (850) 488-4441.
4.) And finally, please FORWARD this e-mail to everyone on your e-mail list. The more people who know the true story about Terri Schiavo and how she is in imminent danger of being murdered, the greater our chances of achieving a victory in this life-or-death struggle between good and evil.
It’s hard to believe, but there are many hard-hearted people out there who believe that, due to Terri’s condition, she is "better off dead." Words cannot describe the pain and anger such sentiments cause Terri’s family.
This is their daughter, their little girl. And even in her disabled condition, she still has the right to life and the right to be loved and cared for by her family.
Terri doesn’t have to die. If you’ll carry out the steps above, we can win this battle and save Terri’s life.
Please do your part–immediately–because tomorrow may be too late.
Sincerely,
Catholic Answers
http://www.catholic.com
I’m just sick about this. I would also like to encourage everyone to say a rosary for Terry. I saw the coverage of Terry on EWTN. She is so happy when her mom or dad comes in the room. The judge won’t even visit her and see for himself her present condition. It doesn’t make any sence at all. That would be like me deciding to turn off the oxygen that my husband needs to survive. Please, please, lets all pray for Terry and her family. Let’s offer up many prayers and sacrifices.
JO
Where is the moral courage among Floridian Christians? If ever there was a case that called for civil disobedience, this is it! This is not a “right to die” case; it is a “right to kill” when people become … inconvenient.
Another step toward Auschwitz.
As a Catholic Christian Floridian, what do you suggest I do as an act of disobedience?
Our Catholic governor already attempted to save her life, but was rebuffed by the courts. If he can’t save her, I’m not exactly sure what we can do other than pray and fast.
Maybe the Knights of Columbus should start sharpening their rusty swords?
There was a commnent last night on a repeat of “The World Over” that the Bishops in Florida have been pretty silent on this. That is what upsets me most. Where are our shephards?
A tiny bit of good news — Judge Greer has issued a one-day stay of execution, to last until 5 p.m. Wednesday. He’s apparently going to give Terri’s parents one more chance to make their case that Terri shouldn’t be killed until all the parents’ legal options are exhausted. It’s also one more chance for him to repent and prevent his name from becoming a curse. Pray!!!!
This is may seem off-topic, but bear with me. My wife and I like to watch British Mysteries, Having exhausted the stock of Sherlock Holmes and Poirot series at Netflix, we have moved onto the Dorothy Sayers mysteries. This weekend we watched “The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club” whose synopsis I copy here:
It turns out that the murderer’s motive was to get a hold of the 600,000 pounds inheritance and use it for a philanthropic organization which the murderer would head (with all of the perquisites included, of course).
One of the last lines in the play the murderer, who has just confessed to Lord Peter Wimsey, says, “It is unfair that I should hang for the death of the general. After all, at 90 years old and with a bad heart he could have died at any moment. I on the other hand, could have done so much good with the money.” Lord Peter did not even dignify that statement with a response, having earlier expressed his disgust with the murder. (Sorry for the tortured grammar, I’m trying not to give it away…)
Here’s the point. In Sayer’s cultural milieu (early 20th century Anglicanism) value of the human person was not qualified by age, ability, or some amorphous good to be weighed against. A person was a person, and murder was murder. To have that point drawn so unequivocally in this play is quite remarkable particularly in juxtaposition of the post-Christian argument that it’s not the person that matters, but rather, the quality of life that he expects to have. This is just another reminder how our culture has changed over the years (for the worse, in my opinion).
Help save Terri Schiavo!
From Jimmy Akin’s blog: Please help us rescue Terri from a horrible death by starvation! The moment her feeding tube is removed, Terri will begin a long, slow, painful death by starvation and dehydration. We need your help NOW to
I will be fasting for Terri tomorrow.
I know of a case of an elderly man who was poisoned to death by arsenic a few years ago in an unsuccessful attempt to divert his estate away of the designated heirs. Some people reacted to that murder with the “he would have died soon anyway” attitude — as if his age and state of health at the time of his murder lessened the murderer’s culpability or mitigated the enormity of the crime!
Legalised Murder!
“Disabled?”… “don’t worry, we have the solution…extermination!”
Please join with me and pick up your rosary and pray fervently for Terri and for her dear suffering parent’s.
Lord, have mercy,
Christ, have mercy,
Lord, have mercy!
God Bless.
I was in a PVS after my brain surgery in 1984. Unlike Terri, I got therapies and learned to talk and walk again. I finished school and later graduated from college with honors. Don’t tell me miracles don’t happen: I am living proof!!! If someone could get terri angry enough, she’d talk: that’s how I did it.
I have just finished a novena for terri. I continue to pray and fast for her.
God Bless You all!
Love in Christ,
andrea
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/4/prweb226586.htm
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