This year marks the 20th anniversary of Terri Schiavo’s court-ordered death by dehydration. On March 18, 2005, Florida Judge George W. Greer ordered the removal of Terri’s feeding tube, leading to her agonizing death by starvation and dehydration for more than 13 days.
For each of those thirteen days, the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network will commemorate the final, horrific days of Terri’s inhumane death. This remembrance serves not only to honor Terri but also to raise awareness of the countless individuals currently experiencing slow, tragic deaths in hospices, nursing homes, and hospitals across America and around the world.
Florida Officials Made Attempt to Take Custody of Schiavo
Published: 03/27/2005
(BP) – For days now, pro-lifers have urged Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush to ignore a judge’s ruling and have Terri Schiavo taken into custody.
Apparently, such an attempt already took place. The Miami Herald reported Easter Sunday that agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement were en route to take custody of the 41-year-old disabled woman March 24 when they learned that local police stationed outside of Schiavo’s hospice were not going to let them in.
The state agents — acting on behalf of the Department of Children and Families — backed down, fearing a constitutional crisis, The Herald reported. The local law officers were following a judge’s order preventing the seizure of Schiavo. The DCF was acting on behalf of its power under the state’s adult protection law. The action could have resulted in dueling law officers, according to The Herald.
“We told them that unless they had the judge with them when they came, they were not going to get in,” a source told the newspaper. CONTINUE
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