Terri Schiavo

Last night (Monday), Erin and I, along with most of the STEM staff, attended a banquet put together by Pro-Life Action Ministries. The main speaker was Bobby Schindler, Terri Schaivo's brother. Most of you most likely have heard or remember the well publicized case concerning whether Terri should live or die.

A very quick recap of her story: Terri was 26 when she suffered a brain injury. Terri received $1 million dollars two years later due to malpractice on the part of her doctors. $750,000 was designated towards her treatment. In 1998, five years after her accident, Terri's husband Michael, petitioned the courts to have her feeding tube removed. After much deliberation, March 18, 2005 her feeding tube was removed permanently and 13 days later, Terri died of dehydration.

Anyway, Terri's brother had some very good insights from being their first hand. He also pointed out how the media skewed information. If you click on the header of this post, there is a good website from the point of view that the general public didn't get to see.

My hope is that the United States will learn from this tragedy and people with handicaps won't be considered "less valuable" than others. We were all created in the image of God and not one person is worth more than another. No matter what society says.

—b