Terri Schiavo

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It's unthinkable to me that this woman is going to be deliberately starved to death. She's not in a coma. She's not 'brain dead'. She's just severely disabled. She may have had (and still may have) a chance at rehabilitation to some extent, only her husband is not allowing it. Her husband, who won't divorce her, yet has a relationship and children with another woman.

She's going to suffer a long and painful death if her feeding tube is removed on Friday.

This sickens me to no end. The suffering she's going to go through, on top of the suffering she's endured all these years - and the suffering of her family, who only want to be given the right to care for her.

I can't even talk about this without shaking. How someone can do this to another human being - a person that at one time they claimed to love - and not feel an ounce of remorse is just...

But aside from that, the fact that there's not a huge outcry over it. Well, I'm crying out now. Don't let this happen. Links below. It will take a few minutes, but a woman's life hangs in the balance here.


Facts on Terri Schiavo

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Contact info. for your senators/congressmen

Urge them to pass the Incapacitated Person's Legal Protection Act.

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Contact info. for Florida State Lawmakers

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Text of my letter. Feel free to copy.


Dear ___,

I am writing on behalf of Terri Schiavo.

This is a woman who is not in a coma and not brain dead. She is simply disabled. Removing her feeding tube will starve her and cause a painful and needless death.

On behalf of Terri and those like her, who cannot speak for themselves, I urge you to help pass the Starvation and Dehydration of Persons with Disabilities Prevention Act.

Thank you for your time.