DECISION ON PARALYSED FLORIDA WOMAN EXPECTED WITHIN WEEKS

TAMPA, April 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The lawyer for severely handicapped Terri Schiavo is making a last effort to convince the 2nd District Court of Appeal in Florida to overturn a circuit judge’s order that the woman’s feeding tube should be removed so that she will be “allowed to die.” Her husband, Michael, has been battling to secure her death for years—even though his wife’s parents insist that if proper treatment were resumed (her husband stopped it) Terri would again show signs of improvement as before. The decision is expected in the next few weeks.  “The fact that she cannot bring a spoon to her mouth should not be a death warrant,” Pat Anderson told the judges. “What’s it going to hurt to give her some therapy she’s been entitled to anyway?”  On the other side, the husband’s lawyer, says the evidence is “overwhelming” that Terri will never recover. “What Terri has left is for us to respect her free will, her choice,” the lawyer said, a reference to Terri’s alleged wish, before she suffered the mysterious accident that led to her paralysis, not to be kept on life support.  Reports from the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation, a group organized by family members who believe she deserves more treatment before being “executed,” allege that the husband confines his wife to a small room under a sadistic prison-like regime, refusing to allow her to see pets as part of a therapy program, and preventing her from receiving gifts, not even flowers sent by well-wishers.  To visit the website dedicated to Schiavo’s case:  https://www.terrisfight.org/Framesets/CNewsFrame.htm