This year marks the 21st 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 from starvation and dehydration that lasted nearly two weeks.
For each of those thirteen days, the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network will commemorate the final, horrific days of Terri’s inhumane passing. This remembrance serves not only to honor Terri Schiavo, but also to raise awareness about the countless individuals currently experiencing slow, tragic deaths in hospices, nursing homes, and hospitals across the United States and around the world.
Terri Schiavo’s Mom Pleads: ‘Give My Child Back’
Published: 3/30/2005
(CNN) — The mother of Terri Schiavo made an impassioned plea to her daughter’s husband Tuesday night, calling on him to “give my child back to me.”
Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube was removed the afternoon of March 18 under court order, and doctors have predicted the brain-damaged Florida woman would die in the next few days. Her mother, Mary Schindler, uttered two sentences at a news conference: “Michael and Jodi, you have your own children. Please, please give my child back to me.”
The mother was addressing Michael Schiavo and the woman he has been living with since the late 1990s — Jodi Centonze — with whom he has two children. CONTINUE
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