Bobby Schindler, brother of Terri Schiavo, said in response to the Discover that the “[persistent vegetative state] diagnosis needs to be eliminated by the medical community.”
After years of opposition from disability advocates, more experts are beginning to question the validity of the "persistent vegetative state" (PVS) diagnostic label that paved the way for Terri Schiavo's starvation death.
OTTAWA, May 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Priests for Life Director Fr. Frank Pavone gave a moving address at the annual Rose Dinner of the Canadian March for Life last Thursday. Recalling that he was with Terri Schiavo until approximately five minutes before her death, Fr. Pavone revealed details of his experiences. The priest recalled that he had regular access to Terri in the hospital and that she was in no way dying prior to her imposed death by starvation. “She was very responsive to me, she closed her eyes when I prayed with her she opened her eyes at the […]
TAMPA BAY, August 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ten year-old Joshua Heldreth, the eldest of eight children, was arrested on Good Friday of this year for trespassing while attempting to bring a drink of water to Miss Terri Schaivo. Days later Schiavo died of intentional dehydration. In court Joshua pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 hours of community service and ordered to write an apology for his actions. The boy whose arrest photo was splashed on front pages of newspapers across the nation wrote in his apology letter, “I was arrested on Good Friday for trespassing on the hospice center’s […]