Tag: Bobby Schindler

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podcast

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 17, 2025

Tagged
, assisted suicide, Bobby Schindler, denial-of-care, euthanasia, Terri Schiavo}

Bobby Schindler on the 20th Anniversary of the Death of Terri Schiavo

_{Wesley J. Smith

March 17, 2025}

For those who may not remember, Terri Schiavo was a profoundly cognitively disabled woman who became the subject of a legal and cultural battle that made international headlines. The case became a bitter and protracted conflict between Michael Schiavo, Terri’s husband who wanted to pull her feeding tube, and the Schindler family that fought to save their child and sister’s Read More ›

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post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 28, 2023

Categories
Euthanasia
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Bobby Schindler, euthanasia, medical assistance in dying, Terri Schiavo}

Terri Schiavo Case Was a Culture-of-Death Tipping Point

_{Wesley J. Smith

March 28, 2023

Euthanasia}

The March 31, 2005, court-ordered death of Terri Schiavo was an ominous cultural tipping point. As many readers will recall, the legal case began when Terri’s husband Michael Schiavo applied to remove the feeding tube from his profoundly cognitively disabled wife so that she would die by dehydration. When Terri’s parents Bob and Mary Schindler, joined by her siblings Bobby and Suzanne, fought the plan in court, profoundly important cultural and legal battle lines were drawn that were destined to change the country. Read More ›