Merciless Spouse: Terri's Saga
Terri's husband once again showed the magnitude of his cruelty
when he denied her parents' and sibling's request to be by her
side until her last breath. This man must be made accountable
for his cruel and inhumane actions towards Terri and her family.
There is absolutely no excuse for his attitude and behavior. His
cruelty towards Terri and her blood relatives is unforgivable
and unforgettable. Terri's story must not end here. Her husband,
assisted by our judicial system, condemned her to a most
horrendous death forcing her to die of starvation and thirst.
That act alone was of the outmost cruelty and evidence of his
absolute lack of compassion and affection for his wife.
Even if Terri would have preferred to die than to be kept alive
artificially, there was no need to subject her to such a cruel
way to die. She agonized for almost two weeks bearing the pain
of starvation and thirst. Certainly, it would have been more
humane to have induced her into a comma so she would not have
felt what she must have felt during those final days.
Michael Schiavo has gotten away with this cruel murder with the
blessings of the courts. He is certainly a monster. How much
longer is our judicial system going to condone monsters like him
in the name of our Constitution? How could the courts be so
blind to the blatant abuse this man inflicted on his wife not
just during these past few weeks but, at least since she became
brain damaged? How could the courts completely ignore the pleas
of her loving parents and deny them the right to protect their
daughter from this man's cruelty? The courts allowed this man to
violate Terri's human and constitutional rights with impunity.
He and his attorney successfully turned the media and court's
attention to a political issue, the right to life, when in fact
this was a clear case of domestic abuse.
Michael Schiavo's actions against Terri's blood relatives even
in Terri's final moments only confirm the extent of this man's
need for absolute control over Terri and all matters pertaining
to her. Domestic abuse is about power and control, Michael
Schiavo is a classic example of the heartlessness and arrogance
prevalent in abusers. Terri endured almost 14 days of
excruciating pain and silent despair as her body withered away.
Her stamina allowed her to survive against the odds as if, in
doing so, she was letting the world know that her husband was
lying and she did not want to die this way.
Don't let her death and suffering be in vain. Write to your
Congressman and demand an investigation into the cause of her
condition and her husband's actions throughout her ordeal. We
must not allow another human being to be condemned to such a
horrible death by anyone, not even a spouse or the courts, ever
again!