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Thursday, 11 December 2003
Right-to-die groups co-opt Terri Schiavo case
Family 'outraged' by PR blitz against legislative intervention

Posted: December 10, 2003
By Diana Lynne

In the wake of proposed legislation inspired by the plight of Terri Schiavo and days ahead of a pivotal court ruling in her case, national right-to-die groups have launched a campaign to promote their cause in the name of Terri and rally public sentiment against further life-saving intervention on the part of Florida lawmakers.

A federal judge is scheduled to consider a motion next Friday filed by Terri Schiavo's husband, Michael Schiavo, seeking a ruling that "Terri's Law" – the law quickly passed by the Florida Legislature Oct. 21 to allow Gov. Jeb Bush to override a court-ordered removal of the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube – is unconstitutional.

End-of-Life Choices – formerly known as the Hemlock Society, the oldest right-to-die organization in the country – launched a national campaign Monday in Tallahassee, Fla., in part to raise awareness for the need for living wills or other advance directives from people who become incapacitated.

WorldNetDaily has reported Terri Schiavo mysteriously collapsed in February 1990 at the age of 26. Oxygen was cut off to her brain for several minutes, leaving the woman severely brain damaged and reliant on a feeding tube for nourishment.

Terri's family, the Schindlers, have been locked in a 10-year battle with Michael Schiavo over Terri's life. Schiavo insists Terri does not want to be kept alive "through artificial means." Circuit Court Judge George Greer ruled in 2000 that testimony by Schiavo, his brother and sister-in-law that she had casually told each of them this a year before her injury was "clear and convincing evidence" of her wishes.

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