Day 9: Forced Starvation of Terri Schiavo: Legal Battle is Over/Protests Heat Up

(I would like to apologize again for the delayed reply and hope that everyone had a nice Easter, even though a fellow American is dying needlessly and in a horribly painful way as well.)

Please keep praying for Terri.

Schiavo’s Parents Out of Legal Options

Article Summary

As the title says, Terri’s parents are out of legal options to save their dying daughter. According to the article, they appeared quietly resigned to watching their daughter die on Easter Sunday.

On an up note, Terri WAS permitted to receive communion today.

“Schiavo's husband, who a day earlier denied a request from his wife's parents that she be given communion, granted permission Sunday to offer the sacrament.

The Rev. Thaddeus Malanowski said he gave Schiavo wine but could not give her a fleck of communion bread because her tongue was dry.

The priest's announcement drew applause and cheers from the crowd, which spent most of the day heckling police and protesting loudly. The noise prompted Schiavo's brother, Bobby Schindler…, to come out and ask protesters to tone down their behavior.

"We are not going to solve the problem today by getting arrested," he told the restless crowd. "We can change laws, but we are not going to change them today ... You are not speaking for our family."”

“A spokesman for the Schindlers denied a report from David Gibbs III, their lead lawyer, who told CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday that Schiavo has "passed where physically she would be able to recover."

That statement "was not made with the family's knowledge. In the family's opinion, that is absolutely not true," family spokesman Randall Terry told reporters.

Felos declined to comment on Schiavo's condition.

At Michael Schiavo's home in Clearwater, about three dozen protesters dropped roses and Easter lilies on his lawn in a peaceful demonstration. His fiancee's brother picked up the flowers and handed them to a bystander to take away.”

About 100 protesters gathered outside the hospice today, even though Terri’s parents requested that they go home and spend Easter with their families. Terri’s father told the protesters that they were welcome back on Monday.