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THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE WANTED MEDICAL TREATMENT IGNORED BY FLORIDA JUDGE
May 6, 2004Contact: Dana Cody
Sacramento, California
916.727.4396
Today in Florida, Circuit Judge Douglas Baird overturned Terri's law, which ensured that disabled individuals, like Terri Schiavo, are protected from the removal of life-sustaining treatment by individuals who do not have their best interests in mind.
According to the Associated Press, "Michael Schiavo is engaged to another woman with whom he has two children. At one point in the case, he stood to inherit hundreds of thousands of dollars from a medical trust fund that paid for his wife's care; the money has largely been depleted through legal bills." When the money was awarded to Terri's medical trust fund, under oath, Michael promised the money would be spent for Terri's care.
Terri Schiavo is a practicing Catholic and based on the tenets of her church, she would want to continue to receive nutrition and hydration.
"The right to make medical decisions includes the right to receive treatment, especially in light of Terri's religious beliefs," stated Dana Cody, an attorney and the Executive Director of Life Legal Defense Foundation. The Foundation has provided funding for Terri's parents in this case, along with Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund.
Life Legal Defense Foundation, was established in 1989, and is a non-profit organization composed of attorneys and other concerned citizens, committed to giving helpless and innocent human beings of any age, particularly the unborn, and their advocates, a trained and committed voice in the courtrooms of our nation. For more information, call Dana Cody at 916.727.4396. End