Brother of Terry Schiavo claims 'lies' are still being spread about her

[The Straight Story]

Brother of Terry Schiavo claims 'lies' are still being spread about her


Washington D.C., Jan 22, 2010 / 07:58 pm (CNA).- Nearly five years after the death of his sister Terri Schiavo, Bobby Schindler has said that the general press is still “telling lies” about her.

Schindler explained his perspective and said that news accounts “refer to Terri as being brain dead.”

“I see that all the time,” he continued, “ and it simply is not true. They say that she was on artificial life support, without explaining to people what artificial life support means. There's this perception out there that Terri was on a machine – that people like Terri need machines to keep them alive.”

“It's still being reported by the mainstream media,” Schindler told CNSNews.com on Thursday. “There's things that are being said that were simply not true.”

Terri Schiavo died in March of 2005 when a Florida judge ordered the removal of her feeding tube, a move that was requested by her then husband, Michael Schiavo who had custody of her. The case made headlines and was the subject of a public feud on right to life issues. Terri's parents, Robert and Mary Schindler had fought for two years to try and prevent their daughter's death.

Bobby Schindler claimed that the autopsy report following his sister's death showed that she was in good physical shape when her feeding tube was removed, and that the pathologist indicated that Terri could have “quite easily lived a normal life span.”

“Terri died because we took away her food and water,” Schindler stated, “just like we would all die if our food and water was taken away.”

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