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Webster told CT that Schiavo has a heartbeat, brainwaves, and—except for the feeding tube—appears in excellent health. "She's no different from many other people who are severely handicapped," Webster said. "Her life is valuable and worth fighting for."

Webster said if the state proposed to put a serial killer to death by starvation, public outcries of cruel and unusual punishment would stop it. "If Terri had done something resulting in capital punishment she would have received far more rights," Webster lamented. "But here's a person who has done nothing wrong who has been sentenced to death by a court."

Dana Cody, executive director of the Life Legal Defense Foundation in Napa, California, said the disabled increasingly are being marginalized because of "quality of life" arguments.

"It's become standard operating procedure in the health-care community," Cody said. "Seeing Terri die will advance the 'right-to-die' agenda."

Weller cited parallels to Nazi Germany with Greer's edict to end Schiavo's life. "If they can kill Terri, they will kill many more people," Weller said. "Once they start killing off one group of people who don't mean much to society, who knows where it will end."

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The Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation has the latest news of the efforts to keep Terri alive, how to help, and complaints about inaccurate media coverage.

News elsewhere includes:

Schiavo feeding tube stays for now | A Florida judge Wednesday afternoon ordered the tube delivering food and water to Terri Schiavo kept in place another 48 hours, as Gov. Jeb Bush pledged to do all he could to keep the incapacitated and brain-damaged woman alive. (Los Angeles Times, Feb. 24, 2005)

Protesters back in front of Michael Schiavo's home | For the second day in a row, protesters were back in front of Michael Schiavo's home, trying to convince him to give guardianship of his wife Terri Schiavo back to her parents. (Tampa Bay Channel 10, Feb. 24, 2005)

Florida steps back into fight over feeding tube for woman | As a judge delayed the removal of a brain-damaged woman's feeding tube for two more days, Gov. Jeb Bush's administration stepped back into the heated case Wednesday with the state's protective services agency seeking to intervene. (New York Times, Feb. 24, 2005)

Judge keeps feed tube in brain - damaged woman | A Florida judge on Wednesday extended until Friday an order preventing the husband of a severely brain-damaged woman from removing a feeding tube that has kept her alive for the past 15 years. (Reuters, Feb. 23, 2005)

Judge extends stay in right-to-die case | A judge Wednesday extended a stay keeping brain-damaged Terri Schiavo's feeding tube in place, saying he needed time to decide whether her husband, who wants to let her die, is fit to be her guardian. (Associated Press, Feb. 23, 2005)

Other CT articles following Terri's case include:

Reprieve for Brain-Damaged Woman | But Christian activists say the fight to protect the disabled is far from over. (Nov. 25, 2003)

Christian History Corner
Not a Mercy but a Sin | The modern push for euthanasia is a push against a two-millennia-old Christian tradition (Oct. 31, 2003)

Speaking Out
Why I Believe in Divorce | A disabled Florida woman's only hope to stay on life support is to divorce her husband who wants to pull the plug. (Oct. 16, 2003)

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