Family Calls on Gov. Bush to Issue ‘Stay of Execution’ To Prevent Euthanasia

TAMPA, July 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The ongoing tragic case of the fight for the right to life of Terri Schiavo, who is paralyzed as the result of an unexplained heart attack and seizure continues.  Schiavo’s family have been in a 10-year battle with her estranged husband who is attempting to disconnect her nutrition and hydration through a court order.  Schiavo’s parents learned Friday that the appellate court to which they appealed would not halt an order to remove their daughter from nutrition.  Her parents report that in two weeks Schiavo’s case will “head back to Judge George Greer’s court where he will order Terri’s starvation death to commence.”  Pro-lifers are urged to join a petition to Florida Governor Jeb Bush asking him to ‘stay’ the judge’s order and investigate the case.  Less than a year after Schiavo was awarded millions for her care, Mr. Schiavo initiated the first of a long series of threats to his wife’s well being. At his request hydration and nutrition were terminated for 48 hours and were continued only because of her family’s intervention. Such “treatment,” if continued, would have resulted in Terri’s death. This in spite of video-tapes of her interactions and responses which seem to indicate she is not in a persistent vegetative state. Currently, the only accommodation she is receiving as a neurologically disabled individual is tube feeding.  A 1991 medical report about Terri’s condition was not released at the insistence of Mr. Schiavo. Only recently has the information contained in that transcript been available. The unnamed physician who reviewed that nuclear imaging bone scan found evidence of ‘multiple fractures.’ ‘Somebody worked her over real good.’ Terri’s family believes this crime was committed by her husband and this act was responsible for Terri’s mysterious collapse and ensuing heart failure.  See the petition online at:  www.zimp.org/pet.html