Today marks the 20th Anniversary of Terri Schiavo’s death after suffering a slow, unjust and inhumane death by starvation and dehydration that took nearly two-weeks. Terri’s feeding tube was removed on March 18 2005, by order of Judge George W. Greer after Terri’s estranged husband, Michael Schiavo, successfully petitioned the court for permission to starve and dehydrate his wife.
The Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network commemorated Terri’s final, harrowing days not only to honor her memory but also to raise awareness of the countless individuals enduring slow, agonizing deaths in hospices, nursing homes, and hospitals across the United States and around the world.
Terri Schiavo Dies in Florida Hospice
Published: 3/31/2005
(FOX News) – Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged Florida woman at the heart of an epic legal and political battle that launched a national debate on end-of-life issues, died Thursday morning. The 41-year-old woman died in her Pinellas Park, Fla., hospice at 9:05 a.m. EST, nearly 14 days after doctors removed the feeding tube that had kept her alive for 15 years.
Her husband, Michael Schiavo, held her in his arms as she took her final breaths, his attorney said. George Felos declined to describe in detail his client’s wife’s death, but said: “It was evident to everyone around him, the profound emotion and loss for Mr. Schiavo. It was clear to everyone he loved Terri deeply and her passing was a tremendous loss for him.”
Later Thursday afternoon, Terri Schiavo’s father, sister and brother spoke sorrowfully at a press conference. Schiavo’s mother, so prominent during the increasingly desperate fight to keep her daughter alive, did not attend. CONTINUE READING
I dont care about her husband. I do care that her parents wanted to care for their daughter and Terri’s husband wouldn’t allow them. I was disgusted hearing about this story when it happened. The husband should have let his wife’s parents care for her.