This year marks the 20th anniversary of Terri Schiavo’s tragic court-ordered death by dehydration. On March 18th, 2005, Florida Judge George W. Greer ordered the removal of her feeding tube, condemning her to a harrowing 13-day death by starvation and dehydration.

For the next thirteen days, the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network will honor the memory of Terri by reflecting on the final, horrific days of her inhumane death. This commemoration serves not only to remember Terri but to raise awareness about the countless individuals who are currently enduring similarly agonizing, slow deaths in hospices, nursing homes, and hospitals, both in America and around the world.

Congressional Intervention Fails to Spare Terri Schiavo

Published: 03/18/2005

(WND) – Doctors removed Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube carrying out her estranged husband’s requested court order allowing the brain-damaged woman to starve to death over the objections of her parents. Barring an intervention, Terri Schiavo is expected to live another week to 10 days.

Reports conflict over whether Michael Schiavo was present when the tube was removed. A spokesman for Michael Schiavo told BayNews9 TV in Tampa, Fla., Michael Schiavo was in attendance, that a prayer service was held first and then Michael called him after doctors completed their work. “He was hard to understand,” said John Centonze, the brother of Michael Schiavo’s live-in fiance Jodi Centonze, with whom Schiavo has two children. CONTINUE

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My family founded the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network to ensure no family would have to experience the same tragedy as Terri. If you would like to remember Terri on the 20th anniversary of her death, and help us as patient advocates, please click here to make a donation. Thank you, Bobby Schindler
 

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